rhapsodist

[rap-suh-dist]

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noun

a person who rhapsodizes.
(in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, especially professionally.

Origin of rhapsodist

1640–50; < Greek rhapsōid(ós) rhapsodist (rhaps-, variant stem of rháptein to stitch, + -ōid(ē) ode + -os noun suffix) + -ist

Related formsrhap·so·dis·tic, adjective

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Related Words for rhapsodist

lyricist, writer, dramatist, author, artist, dilettante, rhymer, bard, versifier, maker, parodist, lyrist, librettist, poet, minstrel, balladeer, rhymester, muse, poetess, poetaster

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Historical Examples of rhapsodist

This is not the joy of the fanatic or of the fakir or of the rhapsodist.
Studies in the Epistle of James
A. T. Robertson
The rhapsodist added the passages to suit the Dionysus feast, at which he was reciting.
Homer and His Age
Andrew Lang
And Emerson, though in a different way from Nietzsche's, was also a rhapsodist.
Prophets of Dissent
Otto Heller
Liszt, that Hungarian rhapsodist in amours, was he not also an abbé?
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
Rupert Hughes
Antar was the rhapsodist as well as a participant in these contests.
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916
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British Dictionary definitions for rhapsodist

rhapsodist

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 Formsrhapsodistic, adjective

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Word Origin and History for rhapsodist

1650s, from French rhapsodiste, from rhapsode, from Greek rhapsodos (see rhapsody).