rhapsodize
Americanverb (used without object)
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to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
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to speak or write rhapsodies.
verb (used with object)
verb
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to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm
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(intr) to recite or write rhapsodies
Etymology
Origin of rhapsodize
First recorded in 1600–10; rhapsod(y) + -ize
Example Sentences
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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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Though her character in “Fleabag” famously rhapsodized the postmenopausal life, for female actors, she says, the reality can be a bit less glorious.
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