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Definitions: RHAPSODIST |
RHAPSODISTNoun1. 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. |
Date "RHAPSODIST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Note: Rhapsodist \Rhap"so*dist\, noun. [From Rhapsody.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: RHAPSODIST |
| English words defined with "RHAPSODIST": Rhapsode, Rhapsoder. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "RHAPSODIST": rhapsody. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "RHAPSODIST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rhapsode. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rapsodo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apsodistrhay rapsod (bard, minstrel, rhapsode). (various references) rapsod (rhapsode). (various references) ผู้คลั่งไคล้มาก. (various references) heyecanlı konuşmacı, epik şiir okuyan kimse, duygularına kapılan kimse. (various references) người làm vè lịch sử người ngâm vè lịch sử. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RHAPSODIST": rhapsodists. (additional references) | |
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"RHAPSODIST" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rhapsodes, rhapsodise, Rhipsalis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "RHAPSODIST" (pronounced 'Rhap"so*dist'): Amethodist, Chiropodist, Codist, Cyclopedist, Decadist, Encyclopedist, lapidist, Melodist, Monodist, Orthopedist, parodist, Propagandist, Psalmodist, Stundist. (additional references) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 48 41 50 53 4F 44 49 53 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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