n. (pl. -ies) 1 an enthusiastic or extravagant utterance or composition. 2 Mus. a piece of music in one extended movement, usu. emotional in character. 3 Gk Antiq. an epic poem, or part of it, of a length for one recitation. rhapsodic adj. rhapsodical adj. (in senses 1, 2).
[ L rhapsodia f. Gk rhapsoidia (as RHAPSODE) ]