Rhapsody
['ræpsədɪ] or ['ræpsədi]
Definition
(n.) A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.
(n.) A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.
(n.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rambling composition; medley of thoughts, sentences, or passages.
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Examples
- The rhapsody welled up within me, like blood from an inward wound, and gushed out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He listened with a shade of distaste to her rhapsody, then he said: 'For all that, I don't like it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Julia used to show me these rhapsodies from Cotton, at which I always laughed heartily, and thus I used to put her in a passion continually. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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