[ 'rapsədi ]
■ noun ( plural rhapsodies )
1》 an enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
2》 Music a piece of music in one extended movement, typically emotional in character.
3》 (in ancient Greece) an epic poem of a suitable length for recitation at one time.
Derivatives
rhapsodic rap'sɒdɪk adjective
rhapsodical adjective
rhapsodically adverb
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk rhapsōidia , from rhaptein 'to stitch' + ōidē 'song, ode'.