Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Harmony of proportion in architecture.
  • noun A system of rhythmical body movements performed to a recitation of verse or prose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the fine arts, harmony, orderliness, and elegance of proportion.
  • noun In medicine, regularity of pulse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Fine Arts) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.
  • noun (Med.) Regularly of the pulse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
  • noun Graceful body movements to rhythm of spoken words.
  • noun medicine Healthy, normal beating of the pulse.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin eurythmia, from Greek euruthmiā, from euruthmos, rhythmic, well-proportioned : eu-, eu- + rhuthmos, proportion; see rhythm.]

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From Ancient Greek εὐρυθμία (euruthmía, "rhythmical order"), from εὖ (eu, "well") + ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, "symmetry").

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Examples

  • I was an outsider at school, unable to fit in, useless at the eurythmy dance patterns required by Steiner education.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • Steiner viewed architecture as a servant of human life, and he designed the Goetheanum to support the work of anthroposophy — drama and eurythmy in particular.

    Rudolf Steiner: the third human need Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Then, lay out the ground lines of the length and breadth of the work proposed, and when once we have determined its size, let the construction follow this with due regard to beauty of proportion, so that the beholder may feel no doubt of the eurythmy of its effect.

    The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

  • He sees the gaiety of Sundays, the flashes of the sun, the oddity of a crowd carried away by the rhythm of the valses, the laughter, the clinking of glasses, the vibrating and hot atmosphere; and he applies to this spectacle of joyous vulgarity his gifts as a sumptuous colourist, the arabesque of the lines, the gracefulness of his bathers, and the happy eurythmy of his soul.

    The French Impressionists (1860-1900) Camille Mauclair 1908

  • This statue was very much praised for its beauty by ancient writers, who all mention with especial pride the _eurythmy_ of the action of the wrist.

    A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875

  • Catherine can arrange for you a wide variety of therapies including massage therapy, reiki, aromatherapy, stress management, acupuncture, eurythmy and crystal bowl sound healing.

    WN.com - Articles related to 'Invest in research in agriculture to tackle food insecurity' 2010

  • Catherine can arrange for you a wide variety of therapies including massage therapy, reiki, aromatherapy, stress management, acupuncture, eurythmy and crystal bowl sound healing.

    WN.com - Articles related to 'Invest in research in agriculture to tackle food insecurity' 2010

  • Waldorf School of the Peninsula offers free Cultural Extravaganza: featuring music, drama and eurythmy performances by students, faculty, and alumni.

    unknown title 2009

  • Waldorf School of the Peninsula offers free Cultural Extravaganza: featuring music, drama and eurythmy performances by students, faculty, and alumni.

    unknown title 2009

  • Waldorf School of the Peninsula offers free Cultural Extravaganza: featuring music, drama and eurythmy performances by students, faculty, and alumni.

    unknown title 2009

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  • Come share in my metrical whimsy,
    If not agin, then you are with me,
    For insight shows best
    As limerick dressed
    In humor and lively eurythmy.

    August 30, 2016