rhap·so·dist (r p s -d st)n. 1. One who uses extravagantly enthusiastic or impassioned language. 2. also rhap·sode (-s  d ) One who recited epic and other poetry, especially professionally, in ancient Greece. |
rhapsodist [ˈræpsədɪst]
n
1. (Music, other) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies
2. a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm
3. (Historical Terms) (Literature / Poetry) Also called rhapsode [ˈræpsəʊd] (in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer
rhapsodistic adj
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