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Definition of Rhapsodist

Rhapsodist
Rhapsodist Rhap"so*dist, n. [From Rhapsody.] 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets. 2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. --Carlyle. 3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. --I. Watts.

Meaning of Rhapsodist from wikipedia

- A rhapsode (Gr****: ῥαψῳδός, "rhapsōidos") or, in modern usage, rhapsodist, refers to a classical Gr**** professional performer of epic poetry in the fifth...
- stories: "Lost Souls" (1986) "Coming to Grief" (1988), novelette "The Rhapsodist" (1988) "Nightbreed" (1990), screenplay for the film, based on novel Cabal...
- influences while making no claim to the melodies; only that his task "as a rhapsodist is merely limited to turning them into works as close as possible to their...
- derived from the Gr****: ῥαψῳδός, rhapsōidos, a reciter of epic poetry (a rhapsodist), and came to be used in Europe by the 16th century as a designation for...
- necessitous, he felt happy in the life he had chosen, that of a "wandering rhapsodist". Offended by Heinrich Heine's mockery of "die Orientsucht"—the obsession...
- ISBN 978-0-684-82363-8. Wendell, Eric (2014). Patti Smith: America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8691-9. Margolis...
- Skalds Bard Bhāts Filí Griot Minstrels Dziady (wandering beggars) Lirnyk Rhapsodist Troubadour "scold". etymonline.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019. Margaret Clunies...
- Fili Gorsedd Gorseth Kernow (Cornwall) Griot Minstrel Poet as legislator Rhapsodist Skald The Bards of Wales The Bard's Tale (1985 video game) Troubadour...
- called him a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway". Iyer received a 2013 MacArthur...
- August 8, 2022. Wendell, Eric (2014). Patti Smith: America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist, p.54. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810886919. "The 'Ghost Dance' in...