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RHAPSODIST

Definitions: RHAPSODIST

RHAPSODIST

Noun

1. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.

2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.

3. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "RHAPSODIST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Note: Rhapsodist \Rhap"so*dist\, noun. [From Rhapsody.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: RHAPSODIST

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Imagination

Idealist, romanticist, visionary; mopus; romancer, dreamer; somnambulist; rhapsodist; (fanatic); castle-buildier, fanciful projector.

Madman

Dreamer; rhapsodist, seer, highflier, enthusiast, fanatic, fanatico; exalte; knight errant, Don Quixote.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: RHAPSODIST

English words defined with "RHAPSODIST": Rhapsode, Rhapsoder. (references)
Etymologies containing "RHAPSODIST": rhapsody. (references)

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Modern Translations: RHAPSODIST

Language Translations for "RHAPSODIST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Rhapsode. (various references)

   

Italian

  

rapsodo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apsodistrhay

   

Romanian

  

rapsod (bard, minstrel, rhapsode). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rapsod (rhapsode). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผู้คลั่งไคล้มาก. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

heyecanlı konuşmacı, epik şiir okuyan kimse, duygularına kapılan kimse. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người làm vè lịch sử người ngâm vè lịch sử. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: RHAPSODIST

Derivations

Words beginning with "RHAPSODIST": rhapsodists. (additional references)


Misspellings

"RHAPSODIST" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rhapsodes, rhapsodise, Rhipsalis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "RHAPSODIST"

Words rhyming with "RHAPSODIST" (pronounced 'Rhap"so*dist'): Amethodist, Chiropodist, Codist, Cyclopedist, Decadist, Encyclopedist, lapidist, Melodist, Monodist, Orthopedist, parodist, Propagandist, Psalmodist, Stundist. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RHAPSODIST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t"

-1 letter: aphorists, parodists, potshards.

-2 letters: airposts, aphorist, dashpots, disparts, disports, hardtops, harpists, parodist, parotids, potshard, prosaist, protasis, sarodist, shortias, sparoids, starship.

-3 letters: airpost, aorists, aristos, dashpot, dispart, disport, hairdos, hardtop, harpist, parotid, pastors, rapists, raspish, riposts, satoris, shairds, shortia, sophist, sparids, sparoid, thorias, toadish, torpids, tripods.

-4 letters: adopts, adroit, airths, aorist, aphids, aristo, aroids, aspish.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-o-p-r-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: rhapsodists.

 

+2 letters: diastrophism.

 

+3 letters: apostrophised, diastrophisms, dictatorships.

 

+4 letters: harpsichordist, moderatorships.

 

+5 letters: harpsichordists, hyperfastidious, outdoorsmanship, radiotherapists, stadtholdership.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RHAPSODIST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 48 41 50 53 4F 44 49 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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