Rhapsodic

[ræp'sɒdɪk]

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Rhapsodic

(a.) Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.

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Definition

adj. pertaining to consisting of or resembling rhapsody: gushing.—adv. Rhapsod′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Rhap′sodise to write or utter rhapsodies: to express with poetic feeling:—pr.p. rhap′sodīsing; pa.p. rhap′sodīsed.—n. Rhap′sodist one who recites or sings rhapsodies esp. one of a class of men in ancient Greece who travelled from place to place reciting Homer and other epic poetry—also Rhap′sode: one who composes verses extempore: one who speaks or writes disjointedly.—adj. Rhapsodis′tic.—ns. Rhap′sodomancy divination by means of verses; Rhap′sody any wild unconnected composition: a part of an epic poem for recitation at one time: a jumble: (mus.) composition irregular in form.

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