rhapsodize

especially British, rhap·so·dise

[rap-suh-dahyz]

verb (used without object)

rhapsodized, rhapsodizing 

1. to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.

2. to speak or write rhapsodies.

verb (used with object)

rhapsodized, rhapsodizing 

1. to recite as a rhapsody.

rhapsodize

/ ˈræpsəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm

2. (intr) to recite or write rhapsodies

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhapsodize¹

First recorded in 1600–10; rhapsod(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

She smiled broadly as she rhapsodized with mile-a-minute enthusiasm about her work, eyes wide and fingers fluttering over the table, as though she was once again summoning Bach or Paganini.

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The videos, which now number more than 260, have become appointment viewing for movie lovers, who relish watching their favorite artists rhapsodize about cinema in unrehearsed, genuine ways.

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He could rhapsodize about live theater for hours if you let him.

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The film starts with both Frances and Hannah rhapsodizing about Jim from a distance, saying all the things you’re supposed to say about marginalized people who have lived their lives courageously.

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Sierra Club founder John Muir rhapsodized about the purity of wilderness, supporting the push to protect Yosemite’s lands from the “dirty” influence of the native tribes who inhabited it.

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