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rhapsody
  1. An ancient Greek epic poem (or part of one) suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
  2. (obsolete) A random collection or medley; a miscellany or confused string of stories, words etc.
  3. An exalted or exaggeratedly enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
  4. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form often incorporating improvisation.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The poem of Fingal, he said, was a mere unconnected rhapsody, a tiresome repetition of the same images.”
      “At the end of the evening, he was in rhapsody. Clearly, he was in love with her and she with him.”
      “Elsewhere, a rhapsody about Roughgarden's own experience as an embryo turns gushingly cosmic.”
rhapsode
  1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry.
  2. The interpreter of a poem.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The word comes from the ancient Greek rhapsode, a specially trained singer or reciter of epic poems.”
      “It is not right to live the slave of pales, or become the rhapsode of docks and nettles.”
      “The form of the song is a Greek form used by Homer called a rhapsode.”
rhapsodist
  1. a rhapsode.
  2. One who rhapsodizes.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “George Buchanan, once the queen's rhapsodist, provided the immediate, official version.”
      “You can feel the heat coming off such writing, confirmation that at her best Michele Leggott is arguably our finest living female rhapsodist.”
      “There, the great rhapsodist of liberty certainly owned, and probably bought and sold, domestic slaves.”
rhapsodization
  1. The process or an instance of making something rhapsodic.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And the rhapsodization by European intellectuals went on and on.”
rhapsoder
  1. (obsolete) A rhapsodist.
rhapsodizations
  1. plural of rhapsodization
rhapsodists
rhapsoders
  1. plural of rhapsoder
rhapsodes
  1. plural of rhapsode
rhapsodies
  1. plural of rhapsody
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Futurists, the Surrealists, the abstract expressionists, all sought their passionate rhapsodies, of mechanization, or libido, or spontaneity.”
      “Brahms wrote three piano rhapsodies as well as the Alto Rhapsody for contralto, male chorus, and orchestra.”
      “John's affairs inspire him with no heartfelt rhapsodies as did his early love for Lucy.”
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