(ˈ)rap|sädik, -dēk adjective
Etymology: Greek rhapsōidikos, from rhapsōidos rhapsodist + -ikos -ic
1.
a. : characteristic or suggestive of a rhapsody : having the form or manner of a rhapsody
the first movement … is loose and rhapsodic in form — Douglas Watt
a rhapsodic gypsy air — Sara R. Watson
b. : given to expression or composition in the form or manner of the rhapsody
a rhapsodic composer whose music is fed on the most outspoken type of romantic fervor — Nicolas Slonimsky
2. : extravagantly emotional : rapturous
the rhapsodic quality of the program notes — Robert Lawrence
the most laudatory, if not downright rhapsodic , adjectives — Bernard Kalb
a terrible bliss of self-love, a rhapsodic egotism — Peggy Bennett
sent rhapsodic greetings — Sidney Wallach
3. : of or relating to the recitation of rhapsodies
the rhapsodic exhibitions of ancient Greek festivals