rhapsodist

Dinah is a religious rhapsodist, seeking wisdom and guidance in prayer; and the divine will is in accordance with her desires.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
True, the vanity of a particular rhapsodist might readily induce him to suppose that he could improve upon Homer.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
And Emerson, though in a different way from Nietzsche's, was also a rhapsodist.
Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller
There is a more wonderful inventor than any rhapsodist, and that inventor is called reality.
The Cross of Berny|Emile de Girardin

Across the garden I heard my first song from that unique rhapsodist, the yellow-breasted chat.
A-Birding on a Bronco|Florence A. Merriam

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rhapsodist

/ (ˈræpsədɪst) /

noun

a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies

a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm

Also: rhapsode (ˈræpsəʊd) (in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer

Derived forms of rhapsodist

rhapsodistic, adjective

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