— rhapsodistic , adj.
/rap"seuh dist/ , n.
1. a person who rhapsodizes.
2. (in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, esp. professionally.
[ 1640-50; rhapsoid ( ós ) rhapsodist ( rhaps-, var. s. of rháptein to stitch, + -oid ( e ) ODE + -os n. suffix) + -IST ]