rhythm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RHYTHM, RHYTH'MICAL, adjective [Gr., Latin rhythmicus.] Having proportion of sound, or one sound proportioned to another; harmonical. Duly regulated by cadences, accents and quantities.
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