rhapsodist
rhapsodist is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 24 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. I. Watts.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bedlamite
- candidate
- crank
- crazy
- dipsomaniac
- dreamer
- energumen
- enthusiast
- errant
- fanatic
- for
- highflier
- hypochondriac
- idiot
- kleptomaniac
- knight
- low
- lunatic
- madcap
- madman
- maniac
- monomaniac
- raver
- seer
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is rhapsodist.
- What is 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 called?
- What is one who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. I. Watts called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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