different between rhapsody vs rhapsode

English

Etymology

From Middle French rhapsodie, from Latin rhaps?dia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (rhaps?idía, “to sew [songs] together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??aps?di/

Noun

rhapsody (plural rhapsodies)

1. (poetry) An ancient Greek epic poem (or part of one) suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
2. (obsolete) A random collection or medley; a miscellany or confused string of stories, words etc.
   • , vol.1, p.138:

     This concerneth not those mingle-mangles of many kinds of stuffe, or as the Grecians call them Rapsodies, that for such are published […].

3. An exalted or exaggeratedly enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
4. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form often incorporating improvisation.

Translations

Anagrams

• hopyards

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (rhaps?idós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æp?so?d/

Noun

rhapsode (plural rhapsodes)

1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry.
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     Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion)

2. The interpreter of a poem.

Related terms

• rhapsodist
• rhapsody

Anagrams

• proheads

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (rhaps?idós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ap.s?d/

Noun

rhapsode m (plural rhapsodes)

1. rhapsodist
2. rhapsode

Further reading

• “rhapsode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).