rhapsody
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹapsədi/
rhapsody (plural rhapsodies)
- (poetry) An ancient Greek epic poem (or part of one) suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
- (obsolete) A random collection or medley; a miscellany or confused string of stories, words etc.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:, vol.1, p.138:
- This concerneth not those mingle-mangles of many kinds of stuffe, or as the Grecians call them Rapsodies, that for such are published […].
- An exalted or exaggeratedly enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
- (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form often incorporating improvisation.
- Russian: рапсодия
- Spanish: rapsodia
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