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rhapsody Noun pl -dies 1. Music a freely structured and emotional piece of music 2. an expression of ecstatic enthusiasm [Greek rhaptein to sew together + ōidē song] rhapsodic adj Rhapsody a collection of persons; notes; miscellaneous collections; any number of parts joined together—Johnson, 1755. Examples: rhapsody of errors and calumnies, 1639; of freebooters, 1689; of condemned heresies, 1580; of impertinence, 1765; of nonsense, 1711; of evening tales, 1755; of wild theory, 1837; of words, 1602.
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Translations n rhapsody [ˈrӕpsədi] an expression of strong feeling or excitement in eg music or speech. rapsodie رابسودي: لَحْن موسيقي يُعَبِّر عن المَشاعِر القَوِيَّه рапсодия rapsódie rapsodi die Rapsodie ραψωδία rapsodia rapsoodia, (tundeist) nõretav kõne اشعار حماسی؛ شعر رزمی rapsodia rhapsodie רַפסוֹדיָה अत्यंत प्रशंसा rapsodija, hvalospjev rapszódia ekspresi perasaan, rapsodi hástemmdur texti eða tal; rapsódía rapsodia 狂想曲 광상문; 광상곡 rapsodija, patetiška kalba rapsodija; patētiska runa rapsodi rapsodie rapsodi rapsodia rapsódia rapsodie рапсодия; дифирамб rapsódia rapsodija rapsodija extas คำพูดที่เต็มไปด้วยอารมณ์ความรู้สึก rapsodi 狂想曲 рапсодія; палка промова رزمیہ نظم phấn khởi 狂想曲 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is enough to say, without applying this poetical rhapsody to Aouda, that she was a charming woman, in all the European acceptation of the phrase. And probably the half-unconscious rhapsody was a Fetichistic utterance in a Monotheistic setting; women whose chief companions are the forms and forces of outdoor Nature retain in their souls far more of the Pagan fantasy of their remote forefathers than of the systematized religion taught their race at later date. Martin paused from his rhapsody, only to break out afresh. |
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