rhythming

adj, noun — 2 senses

rhythming

adj

/ˈɹɪðəmɪŋ/ · /ˈɹɪðmɪŋ/

Etymology From rhythm + -ing.

1

Writing rhythm or verse.

  • the rhythming monk1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

rhythming

noun

Etymology From rhythm + -ing.

1

A rhythmic pattern; cadence.

  • Let's have more rhythmings from thy harps, my Ariel!1847, Edwin F. Roberts, Athanase; a Dramatic Poem, page 74:
  • Now in cases like log sawing and ballroom dancing, it is crucial to their rhythming that they be shared .1997, Charles Taylor, Philosophical Arguments, page 172:
2 more examples
  • We can see from the example of Japanese etoku a different mode of learning and approaching the world, the significance of which is seldom perceived in everyday life, how important rhythming, sensitization and beat, mimetic assimilation, and practical skill are for human development.2019, Joan Ramon Resina, Christoph Wulf, Repetition, Recurrence, Returns: How Cultural Renewal Works, page xv:
  • I'd interrupted the rhythmings I'd created for myself, patterns that were lifelines after I'd gone straight edge years earlier.2021, Shaka McGlotten, Dragging: Or, in the Drag of a Queer Life:

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