Thesaurus: rhapsody

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1. 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.
2. n. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.
3. n. A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
4. n. an enthusiastic expression of emotion
5. n. (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character
6. n. (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation
7. 1. 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. 2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition. "A rhapsody of words." Shak. "A rhapsody of tales." Locke. 3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
8. A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as,Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
9. n:100 n. an epic poem adapted for recitation