rhapsodist
Americannoun
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a person who rhapsodizes.
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(in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, especially professionally.
noun
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a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies
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a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm
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Also: rhapsode. (in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer
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Etymology
Origin of rhapsodist
1640–50; < Greek rhapsōid ( ós ) rhapsodist ( rhaps-, variant stem of rháptein to stitch, + -ōid ( ē ) ode + -os noun suffix) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Can we doubt that rhapsodist sang of such from earliest tribal times.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
A fluid rhapsodist to the core, he sometimes seemed to be reaching for a sturdier, less convulsive rhythmic underlay than the one his band mates were giving him.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2011
Sebastian speaks his piece in a vivid, gifted, rather artificial language, like a Celtic rhapsodist.
From Time Magazine Archive
He admits, however, that his enemies call him "a tiresome poseur, full of silly affectations, and a long-winded, tedious rhapsodist."
From Time Magazine Archive
As early as 750 B.C. we find the famous rhapsodist, Terpander, summoned to Sparta to sing patriotic songs, in the hope of preventing a secession of this rather unruly state.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
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