Crossword clues for rhapsodic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, a. [Gr. "rapsw,diko`s: cf. F. rhapsodique.] Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected. -- Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1782, from Greek rhapsodikos "of or for a rhapsodist," from rhapsoidia (see rhapsody). Related: Rhapsodically (c.1600).
Wiktionary
a. 1 highly emotional; rapturous 2 Of or relating to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody 3 (context by extension English) confused, unconnected
WordNet
adj. feeling great rapture or delight [syn: ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous]
Usage examples of "rhapsodic".
The sheik used to wax rhapsodic about the flocks that Hamid-Jones would one day acquire, the gold and the slaves and the portable household appurtenances.
He was in his late thirties, had fair hair, freckles, two ex-wives, a Dalmatian named Muscadet, and a tendency to wax rhapsodic over grassy, slightly herbaceous wines with a lot of complexity.
Ursula and Gudrun, both very unused, were mostly silent, listening to the slow, rhapsodic sing-song of Hermione, or the verbal sallies of Sir Joshua, or the prattle of Fraulein, or the responses of the other two women.
Light scintillated from the Eagers in ringed rainbows, corruscating and glittering, a rhapsodic symphony of color, the flocks of gyre-birds twisting around them, a swirling garment of changeable smoke.