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rhapsodist

[rap-suh-dist]

noun

  1. a person who rhapsodizes.

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



ˈ󲹱ǻ徱

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies

  2. a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm

  3. Also: rhapsode.(in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer

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  • rhapsodistic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rhapsodist1

1640–50; < Greek 󲹱ō ( ó ) rhapsodist ( rhaps-, variant stem of áٱ𾱲 to stitch, + ( ŧ ) ode + -os noun suffix) + -ist
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Can we doubt that rhapsodist sang of such from earliest tribal times.

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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.

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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.

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Cranky Kaplan maybe the only scrotal rhapsodist with the mental reservoir of a cultural critic.

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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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