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rhapsodist
[rap-suh-dist]
noun
a person who rhapsodizes.
(in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, especially professionally.
ˈǻ徱
/ ˈæəɪ /
noun
a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies
a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm
Also: rhapsode.(in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer
Other 51Թ Forms
- rhapsodistic adjective
- ˌˈ徱پ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rhapsodist1
Example Sentences
Can we doubt that rhapsodist sang of such from earliest tribal times.
Even there, it was multifaceted: a three-part program that showed Mr. Iyer as social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway.
So, for instance, there was the noise band Wolf Eyes, the cello improviser Okkyung Lee, the grindcore group Napalm Death, the rapper Gunplay, the post-minimal piano rhapsodist Lubomyr Melnyk, the free-jazz trio the Thing, and the electronic musician Tim Hecker, presented in overlapping sets, in three different parts of a 50,000-square-foot former door-frame factory.
Cranky Kaplan maybe the only scrotal rhapsodist with the mental reservoir of a cultural critic.
He adds that there was a famous rhapsodist, Cynaethus of Chios, who was said to be the author of the Hymn to Apollo, and to have first recited Homer at Syracuse about the 69th Olympiad.
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