Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dysrhythmic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dys-rhyth-mic
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.

adj

Having or relating to dysrhythmia.

noun

A person who has dysrhythmia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic English dysrhythmic From dys- + rhythmic.

Inflected Forms

more dysrhythmic (comparative) most dysrhythmic (superlative) dysrhythmics (plural)

Derived Forms

antidysrhythmic dysrhythmically

Questions

What does dysrhythmic mean?: Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.
Where does dysrhythmic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic English dysrhythmic From dys- + rhythmic.

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