rhapsodic
2
8.1
- adjective
- /ræpˈsɑdɪk/
:
rítmico
- Richard Nanes's Nocturnes of the Celestial Seas plays softly in the background, the rhapsodic, richly chorded Nocturne in C.
Examples
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Legrand is quite rhapsodic about her role in what she sees as a symbiotic relationship.
Blog text (13) -
To return for a moment to the idea of breath, I'm reminded of one of Rilke's rhapsodic realizations in his Sonnets to Orpheus: "How many regions of space have already been inside me?"
Academic text (2007) -
In recent weeks, her rhapsodic talk about Hargrove had tapered off.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have waxed rhapsodic about Malabrigo in the past.
Blog text (7) -
And while you're at it, please feel free to wax rhapsodic about local delicacies in the comments below.
Blog text (12) -
Later, when I broached the idea of racism among the students, even the African Americans waxed rhapsodic about the empowerment they felt.
Academic text (1999) -
Mailer's prose in the preface becomes rhapsodic as he speaks of the function of his book for posterity.
Academic text (1997) -
The World's Best Donuts (10 W. Wisconsin St.) inspires rhapsodic reviews.
Blog text (18) -
The crowd was rhapsodic as the band played their favorite song.
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She became rhapsodic when describing the beauty of the sunset over the mountains.
Synonyms
70
1.0
Feeling or showing great happiness
69
4.5
Feeling very happy and excited
24
4.0
Causes strong excitement and makes people want to act
19
6.4
Feeling very happy and excited after good news
11
7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
6
7.0
Feeling or showing great joy and excitement
5
8.2
Very lively and full of energy
2
6.0
Lively and full of fun, making people laugh
2
7.5
Feeling very happy and excited for no clear reason
1
9.9
Smiling brightly because you feel happy
Full of great joy and wonder
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
rhapsodic = rhapsody (transparent) = rhapsod + ic
The adjective is a regular formation from 'rhapsody' with the suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to or characterized by rhapsody/enthusiastic expression', so the meaning is directly derivable from the base.
Etymology
Rhapsodic comes from Greek words that picture a performer 'sewing' songs together: rhaptein means 'to sew' and aeidein means 'to sing', the same idea behind rhapsody. So something rhapsodic is full of strong joy and excited feeling.