Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of rhapsody; of the nature of rhapsody; hence, enthusiastic to extravagance; exaggerated in sentiment and expression; gushing.
- Repeated at intervals of greater or less regularity: said of volcanic eruptions, as at Vesuvius.
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- adjective
rhapsodic
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Examples
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And here I reach my utmost point in the direction of what you are free to call the rhapsodical and the incomprehensible.
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A surge of rhapsodical jubilation swept through missionary ranks now that God had at last given them a sign that they were His chosen people.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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A surge of rhapsodical jubilation swept through missionary ranks now that God had at last given them a sign that they were His chosen people.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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When time permits I shall wax rhapsodical about the help I've received from two very special people.
Catching up karenmiller 2008
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Wryn is terribly interested in going away to fight in the Crusades, prompting George to wax rhapsodical about his acre and cows and ducks.
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Wryn is terribly interested in going away to fight in the Crusades, prompting George to wax rhapsodical about his acre and cows and ducks.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Welhaven endured the rationalist and republican rhetoric of Wergeland as long as he could, although with growing exasperation, until the rhapsodical author of
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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Welhaven endured the rationalist and republican rhetoric of Wergeland as long as he could, although with growing exasperation, until the rhapsodical author of
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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I became very glowing again, and, expressing myself in a rhapsodical style, I am afraid, urged my request strongly; reminding the Doctor that I had already a profession.
David Copperfield 2007
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I would have given a good deal to hear his rhapsodical eloquence again, or even his almost noiseless laugh ....
Punin and Baburin 2006
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