a. [f. Gr. κόλος docked, truncated + ῥυθμός RHYTHM, measure.] Characterized by an incomplete or truncated rhythm. So Colorhythmical a.
1774. W. Mitford, Ess. Harmony Lang., 182. This syllable … may … be called colorhythmus, and the measure from it, the colorhythmical measure or colorhythmical tetrameter. Ibid., Any of our verses without hyperrhythmical syllables except the colorhythmic.
