rhapsodyn.

Brit.

/ˈrapsədi/, U.S.

/ˈræpsədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s rapsodie, 1500s–1600s rhapsodie, 1600s rapsedy, 1600s rapsidie, 1600s rapsidy, 1600s–1700s rapsody, 1600s– rhapsody.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rhapsōdia.

Etymology: < classical Latin rhapsōdia part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation (applied by Nepos to a book of Homer) < ancient Greek ῥαψῳδία recitation of epic poetry, composition of epic poetry, in Hellenistic Greek also part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation, rigmarole < ῥαψῳδός rhapsode n. + -ία -y suffix³. In sense 2a after Middle French rhapsodie (French rhapsodie ) miscellaneous or disconnected collection of prose or verse (1558 in the passage translated in quot. ?1566 at sense 2a; 1582 in sense ‘part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation’).The musical use in sense 6 probably arose from use with reference to literary texts in sense 4 (in England and Germany in the 18th cent. literary rhapsodies can occur with musical settings or in association with pieces of music: compare New Grove Dict. Music (electronic ed.) (15 June 2009) at rhapsody); compare German Rhapsodie (19th cent. in musical use), French rhapsodie free musical composition (1836). It is possible that folk-etymological association with rapture n. played a part in the development of senses 4 and 6, since expression of rapture is often taken to be a defining characteristic of rhapsodies in music and literature; compare also slightly earlier rhapsodize v. 1.

a. Ancient Greek History. An epic poem, or a part of one, of a suitable length for recitation at one time. (Chiefly with reference to Homer.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > part of epic poem

rhapsody1542

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 76 The grammarians in olde tyme spent moste of their studie and were moste famyliare in the rhapsodies of Homerus.

1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie i. f. 1 For they confirme this Sentence by the testimony of Homer, who (in his second Rhapsodie) saith. A matter cannot well handled bee, Were as commaunders are manye.

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 184 in Wks. (1640) III A Rhapsody of Homers [L. Iliacum carmen].

1697 H. Prideaux True Nature Imposture in Life Mahomet 21 This Chest he left in the keeping of one of his Wives, and out of it, after his death, was the Alcoran compiled in the same manner as Homer's Rapsodies were out of the loose Poems of that Poet.

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. vii. 18 Poor Homer..wrote a sequel of Songs and Rhapsodies, to be sung by himself for small earnings.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Those [verses] of Homer; which..were at length by Pisistratus's Order, digested into Books, call'd Rhapsodies.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. lxxvi. 19 Homer's predecessors..roamed about and sung their heroic ballads, and philosophical rhapsodies. Homer followed their example.

1835 W. R. Wilson Rec. Route France & Italy 122 It would look..as strange as a rhapsody of Homer bound up with the rhapsodical cantos of Don Juan.

1886 F. B. Jevons in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 298 The Διομήδους ἀριστεία, which seems to have been a favourite rhapsody.

1940 Classical Weekly 33 262/1 Part III works back through..early recitation to hypothetical ‘original rhapsodies’ which the author attributes to Homer.

†b. In extended use. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1813 W. Scott Let. 6 Nov. (1932) III. 374 Those who have done me the honour to take my rhapsodies for their model.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 293 The youth..proposed to recite a short story, or rather rhapsody.

†c. The recitation of epic poetry. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > recitation of poetry > [noun] > recitation of epic poetry

rhapsodya1822

rhapsodism1829

a1822 P. B. Shelley Ion in Prose Wks. (1888) II. 119 A man professing himself a judge of poetry and rhapsody.

†2.

a. A literary work consisting of miscellaneous or disconnected pieces; a written composition having no fixed form or plan. Sometimes depreciative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > miscellany

miscellanea1565

rhapsody?1566

miscellanies1598

miscellany1615

miscellaneal1633

miscellaneas1639

olio1655

collectanea1791

pot-pourri1864

?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi To Rdr. sig. A.vii If thou wilt impose this worke a rapsodie [Fr. si tu luy veux imposer le nom de Rapsodie], collation or gathering togither of diuers authorities, thou shalt doe it no wrong.

?c1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 3 (heading) Ane most Godlie, mirrie and lustie Rapsodie maide be sundrie learned Scots poets and written be George Bannatyne.

1602 F. Davison (title) A poetical rapsody containing, diuerse sonnets, odes,..and other poesies, both in rime, and measured verse.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 207 Some old ragged rapsodies and overwoorne discourses.

1663 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 141 A Reverend Father..has put Mr. Cressy's rhapsody into mode and figure.

a1681 T. Raymond Autobiogr. (1917) 19 A Rhapsodie—My father, being in the feilds a coursing about the latter end of December [etc.].

1710 T. Smith Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 53 I have lately got A. Wood's Rhapsody [sc. Athenæ Oxonienses].

1764 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 51 A treatise entitled Droit le roy, a rhapsody of all the prerogatives at any time attributed to the kings of England.

b. The joining together of miscellaneous unconnected literary pieces, esp. poems. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry > stringing together of poems

rhapsody1603

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Rhapsodie, a sowing together or conjoining of those Poems and verses..which before were loose and scattered.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Rapsodie, a ioyning of diuerse verses together.

3. gen.

a. A miscellany or medley; esp. a muddled collection of words, ideas, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture

hotchpotc1405

hodge-podgec1426

omnigatherum?a1430

mishmashc1475

peasemeala1525

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macaroni1884

mixed bag1919

casserole1930

mixed bunch1958

rattle-bag1982

mulligan1993

1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury To Rdr. sig. Civ^v Certaine Rapsodies, and shredes off olde forworne storyes, allmost forgotten.

1580 J. Hay in Catholic Tractates (1901) 34 The doctreine..is na other thing bot other the inuention of Iohne Calvin, or ane rapsodie of awld condamned heresies.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 47 Such a deede, As..sweet religion makes A rapsedy of words.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. vii. sig. S2 ^v I see no reason why this vniuersal and most noble Medicine, should not be preferred before these rapsodies of Medicines.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iii. i. 133 A..Rhapsody, and confused mass of knowledge..composited and compiled.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 72 in Scepsis Scientifica A meer rhapsody and confused ramble of they knew not what.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶1 That would look like a Rapsody of Nonsense to any Body but my self.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii. 59 Have done with this rhapsody of impertinence.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 544 The treatise of Agrippa on occult philosophy is a rhapsody of wild theory and juggling falsehood.

1855 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 8 344 An occasional howl and rhapsody of oaths fell on my ear.

2005 F. McCourt Teacher Man 87 They produced a rhapsody of excuses, ranging from a family epidemic of diarrhea to a sixteen-wheeler truck crashing into a house.

†b. A collection of people. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered

weredc725

trumec893

thrumOE

wharfOE

flockOE

farec1275

lithc1275

ferd1297

companyc1300

flotec1300

routc1300

rowc1300

turbc1330

body1340

numberc1350

congregation1382

presencec1390

meiniec1400

storec1400

sum1400

manya1425

collegec1430

peoplec1449

schoola1450

turm1483

catervea1492

garrison?a1513

shoal1579

troop1584

bevy1604

roast1608

horde1613

gross1617

rhapsody1654

sortment1710

tribe1715

1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. iv. 90 The Queen of Wooers had a large rapsody.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 302 A Cento, & a rhapsody, of uncircumcised nations.

1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 120 According to the saying of Saint Augustine, those Kingdoms where Justice hath no place, are but a rapsody of freebooters.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 21 Which Medly canton'd in a Heptarchy, A Rhapsody of Nations to supply.

4. Exaggeratedly enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling; an instance of this. Also: an effusive utterance or piece of writing, often disconnected or lacking in logical argument. Sometimes depreciative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [noun] > ecstatic expression

rapture1594

rhapsody1629

rhapsodizing1872

1629 W. D'Avenant Trag. Albouine iii. i. sig. E3 If those imbraces doe Include such high delight, such rapsody; She makes me enuious.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xv. 242 O then my brest Should warble Ayres, whose Rapsodies should feast The eares of Seraphims.

1638 R. Chamberlaine in T. Nabbes Springs Glorie Ded. Thy winged raptures, rhapsodies and layes.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 30. ⁋2 To turn all the Reading of the best and wisest Writings into Rhapsodies of Love.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 232 If he means any thing more than a pompous rhapsody, let us try how well his argument holds together.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 677 Spend all the pow'rs Of rant and rhapsody in virtue's praise.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 353 After some wild and vehement rhapsodies..he was easily persuaded to retire.

1850 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. Mar. 319 This looks like mere rhapsody.

1927 Decatur (Georgia) 2 Mar. 6/3 Charles LeForgee gave a rhapsody and a war cry.

1988 K. Valicha Moving Image v. 70 A focusing of the camera on his face in a rhapsody of sadistic delight.

2002 M. Yalom & L. L. Carstensen Inside Amer. Couple i. 21 The lovers in the Song offer a rhapsody of erotic joy, with the sensual delights of both men and women equally praised.

5. Education. An unbroken string of vowels and consonants (often in random order), or of words, used as an aid in teaching the rapid recognition of individual letters. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1762 A. Fisher New Eng. Tutor p. ix The Alphabet will sufficiently explain itself, except the Rhapsodies of Letters immediately before the double ones.

1790 J. Moscrip Easy Instructor 64 The scholars should be put to perform the following exercise, viz. to name the vowels and consonants in this Rhapsody.

1801 R. Kay New Preceptor 13 A Rhapsody for practising the Pupils... They should be practised to distinguish the consonants from the vowels, in these lines, very quick.

1987 I. Michael Teaching of Eng. ii. 60 The rhapsody begins: baexcellentparticularlywonderfulimpertinentsolemnity..but the exercise is linked by Moscrip not so much to learning the letters as to making his pupils ‘quick-sighted’ in distinguishing them.

6. Music. A free musical composition, usually emotional or exuberant in character and in one extended movement. Also: music of this kind. Frequently in the titles of such compositions.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > fantasia or rhapsody

fantasy1597

fantasia1724

extravaganza1797

arabesque1824

rhapsody1832

1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. (1835) 15 Aug. I. 7 As evening came on, the whole of the passengers collected..and I wrote a rhapsody; afterwards they fell to singing.

1849 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 365 He..introduces some piece of music which is full of bold rhapsody or of difficult, exciting execution.

1880 F. Hueffer in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 147/2 The fifteen Hungarian Rhapsodies [of Liszt].

1894 G. Parker Transl. Savage xii Marion was seated at the piano, playing a rhapsody of Raff's.

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. x. 111 The Rhapsody in Blue..represented the most serious attempt to concertize jazz.

1963 A. E. F. Dickinson Vaughan Williams vii. 198 Rhapsody here reaches a new point of indeterminate finish, niente.

2008 M. Long Beautiful Monsters ii. vii. 222 One of the best-known and most cherished of multimedia rhapsodies, Queen's 1975 monster hit ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

rhapsodyv.

Brit.

/ˈrapsədi/, U.S.

/ˈræpsədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rhapsody n.

Etymology: < rhapsody n. Compare ancient Greek ῥαψῳδεῖν (see rhapsodize v.). Compare rhapsodize v.

†1. transitive. To recite a poem in rhapsodies. Cf. rhapsodize v. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1699 W. Lloyd Chronological Acct. Life Pythagoras 16 Now Cynaethus Chius first rhapsodied Homer's Verses.

1701 Sylvan Dream v. 9 So once I Rhapsody'd the Wars of Troy, But scarce could Virtue find Sufficient to instruct Mankind.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 231/2 A conclusion, in which Sidney heartily joined, rhapsodying—‘O Paris, fatal was the hour, When, victim to the blind God's power, [etc.].’

a. transitive. With direct speech as object: to say or write in an effusive or enthusiastic manner. Cf. rhapsodize v. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]

heryc735

mickleeOE

loveOE

praise?c1225

upraisea1300

alosec1300

commenda1340

allow1340

laud1377

lose1377

avauntc1380

magnifya1382

enhancea1400

roosea1400

recommendc1400

recommanda1413

to bear up?a1425

exalt1430

to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445

laudifyc1470

gloryc1475

advance1483

to bear out1485

prizec1485

to be or to have in laudationa1500

joya1500

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collaud1512

concend?1521

solemnize?1521

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to con laud1602

applauda1616

panegyrize1617

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to set offa1625

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raise1645

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encomiate1651

voguec1661

phrase1675

to set out1688

Alexander1700

talk1723

panegyricize1777

bemouth1799

eulogizea1810

rhapsodize1819

crack up1829

rhapsody1847

1847 Columbian Mag. Apr. 181/2 ‘Brief and beautiful,’ rhapsodied the lawyer. ‘Who can she be?’.. ‘Oh, you have a valentine there, have you?’

1920 E. Bancroft Jane Allen: Center iv. 37 ‘The sunset gives light to their cheeks, and the stars sleep in their eyes,’ she rhapsodied.

2001 B. Curtis Politics of Population ii. 73 ‘If we turn our attention to Lower Canada,’ he rhapsodied, ‘we find a large majority of the people Roman Catholic but happily free from much of the bigotry of European Catholicism.’

b. intransitive. = rhapsodize v. 4a. Also with about, on, upon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > indulge in romance [verb (intransitive)] > utter rhapsody

rhapsodize1787

rhapsody1847

1847 New Monthly Belle Assemblée July 37/2 I gazed forth on the face of nature..and rhapsodied..on the beauteous scene that met my eyes.

1860 H. Murray Falkenburg xxix. 111/2 He shut himself up,..roaming out at night, like a disembodied spirit, and rhapsodying, in verse and prose, upon his Lilian.

1864 M. A. Dennison Out of Prison xxii. 252 Sometimes she rhapsodied; such temperaments will; it is hard for them to hear or say common-places.

1901 Puritan Jan. 591/1 Gwen was enthusiastic—over enthusiastic. She looked under her lashes at Waring as she rhapsodied.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) iv. 104 He rhapsodied about the virtues of the ‘Swiss’ Alpines and Toggenburgs and the ‘desert’ Nubians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhapsody
释义	rhapsodyn. Brit. /ˈrapsədi/, U.S. /ˈræpsədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s rapsodie, 1500s–1600s rhapsodie, 1600s rapsedy, 1600s rapsidie, 1600s rapsidy, 1600s–1700s rapsody, 1600s– rhapsody. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rhapsōdia. Etymology: < classical Latin rhapsōdia part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation (applied by Nepos to a book of Homer) < ancient Greek ῥαψῳδία recitation of epic poetry, composition of epic poetry, in Hellenistic Greek also part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation, rigmarole < ῥαψῳδός rhapsode n. + -ία -y suffix³. In sense 2a after Middle French rhapsodie (French rhapsodie ) miscellaneous or disconnected collection of prose or verse (1558 in the passage translated in quot. ?1566 at sense 2a; 1582 in sense ‘part of an epic poem suitable for continuous recitation’).The musical use in sense 6 probably arose from use with reference to literary texts in sense 4 (in England and Germany in the 18th cent. literary rhapsodies can occur with musical settings or in association with pieces of music: compare New Grove Dict. Music (electronic ed.) (15 June 2009) at rhapsody); compare German Rhapsodie (19th cent. in musical use), French rhapsodie free musical composition (1836). It is possible that folk-etymological association with rapture n. played a part in the development of senses 4 and 6, since expression of rapture is often taken to be a defining characteristic of rhapsodies in music and literature; compare also slightly earlier rhapsodize v. 1. 1. a. Ancient Greek History. An epic poem, or a part of one, of a suitable length for recitation at one time. (Chiefly with reference to Homer.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > part of epic poem rhapsody1542 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 76 The grammarians in olde tyme spent moste of their studie and were moste famyliare in the rhapsodies of Homerus. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie i. f. 1 For they confirme this Sentence by the testimony of Homer, who (in his second Rhapsodie) saith. A matter cannot well handled bee, Were as commaunders are manye. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 184 in Wks. (1640) III A Rhapsody of Homers [L. Iliacum carmen]. 1697 H. Prideaux True Nature Imposture in Life Mahomet 21 This Chest he left in the keeping of one of his Wives, and out of it, after his death, was the Alcoran compiled in the same manner as Homer's Rapsodies were out of the loose Poems of that Poet. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. vii. 18 Poor Homer..wrote a sequel of Songs and Rhapsodies, to be sung by himself for small earnings. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Those [verses] of Homer; which..were at length by Pisistratus's Order, digested into Books, call'd Rhapsodies. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. lxxvi. 19 Homer's predecessors..roamed about and sung their heroic ballads, and philosophical rhapsodies. Homer followed their example. 1835 W. R. Wilson Rec. Route France & Italy 122 It would look..as strange as a rhapsody of Homer bound up with the rhapsodical cantos of Don Juan. 1886 F. B. Jevons in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 298 The Διομήδους ἀριστεία, which seems to have been a favourite rhapsody. 1940 Classical Weekly 33 262/1 Part III works back through..early recitation to hypothetical ‘original rhapsodies’ which the author attributes to Homer. †b. In extended use. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1813 W. Scott Let. 6 Nov. (1932) III. 374 Those who have done me the honour to take my rhapsodies for their model. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 293 The youth..proposed to recite a short story, or rather rhapsody. †c. The recitation of epic poetry. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > recitation of poetry > [noun] > recitation of epic poetry rhapsodya1822 rhapsodism1829 a1822 P. B. Shelley Ion in Prose Wks. (1888) II. 119 A man professing himself a judge of poetry and rhapsody. †2. a. A literary work consisting of miscellaneous or disconnected pieces; a written composition having no fixed form or plan. Sometimes depreciative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > miscellany miscellanea1565 rhapsody?1566 miscellanies1598 miscellany1615 miscellaneal1633 miscellaneas1639 olio1655 collectanea1791 pot-pourri1864 ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi To Rdr. sig. A.vii If thou wilt impose this worke a rapsodie [Fr. si tu luy veux imposer le nom de Rapsodie], collation or gathering togither of diuers authorities, thou shalt doe it no wrong. ?c1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 3 (heading) Ane most Godlie, mirrie and lustie Rapsodie maide be sundrie learned Scots poets and written be George Bannatyne. 1602 F. Davison (title) A poetical rapsody containing, diuerse sonnets, odes,..and other poesies, both in rime, and measured verse. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 207 Some old ragged rapsodies and overwoorne discourses. 1663 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 141 A Reverend Father..has put Mr. Cressy's rhapsody into mode and figure. a1681 T. Raymond Autobiogr. (1917) 19 A Rhapsodie—My father, being in the feilds a coursing about the latter end of December [etc.]. 1710 T. Smith Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 53 I have lately got A. Wood's Rhapsody [sc. Athenæ Oxonienses]. 1764 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 51 A treatise entitled Droit le roy, a rhapsody of all the prerogatives at any time attributed to the kings of England. b. The joining together of miscellaneous unconnected literary pieces, esp. poems. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry > stringing together of poems rhapsody1603 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Rhapsodie, a sowing together or conjoining of those Poems and verses..which before were loose and scattered. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Rapsodie, a ioyning of diuerse verses together. 3. gen. a. A miscellany or medley; esp. a muddled collection of words, ideas, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture hotchpotc1405 hodge-podgec1426 omnigatherum?a1430 mishmashc1475 peasemeala1525 omnium gatherum1530 mingle1548 hotchpotch1549 mingle-mangle1549 gallimaufry1551 rhapsody1574 sauce-medley1579 pell-mellc1586 linsey-woolsey1592 wilderness1594 brewage1599 motley1609 macaronic1611 medley1618 olla podridaa1635 farragoa1637 consarcination1640 porridge1642 olio1645 bisque1653 mélange1653 hash1660 jumble1661 farrage1698 capilotade1705 jargon1710 salmagundi1761 pasticcio1785 pea meal1789 ollapod1804 mixty-maxty1818 macédoine1820 ragbag1820 haggis1822 job lot1828 allsorts1831 conglomerate1837 pot-pourri1841 chow-chow1850 breccia1873 pastiche1873 macaroni1884 mixed bag1919 casserole1930 mixed bunch1958 rattle-bag1982 mulligan1993 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury To Rdr. sig. Civ^v Certaine Rapsodies, and shredes off olde forworne storyes, allmost forgotten. 1580 J. Hay in Catholic Tractates (1901) 34 The doctreine..is na other thing bot other the inuention of Iohne Calvin, or ane rapsodie of awld condamned heresies. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 47 Such a deede, As..sweet religion makes A rapsedy of words. View more context for this quotation 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. vii. sig. S2 ^v I see no reason why this vniuersal and most noble Medicine, should not be preferred before these rapsodies of Medicines. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iii. i. 133 A..Rhapsody, and confused mass of knowledge..composited and compiled. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 72 in Scepsis Scientifica A meer rhapsody and confused ramble of they knew not what. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶1 That would look like a Rapsody of Nonsense to any Body but my self. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii. 59 Have done with this rhapsody of impertinence. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 544 The treatise of Agrippa on occult philosophy is a rhapsody of wild theory and juggling falsehood. 1855 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 8 344 An occasional howl and rhapsody of oaths fell on my ear. 2005 F. McCourt Teacher Man 87 They produced a rhapsody of excuses, ranging from a family epidemic of diarrhea to a sixteen-wheeler truck crashing into a house. †b. A collection of people. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered weredc725 trumec893 thrumOE wharfOE flockOE farec1275 lithc1275 ferd1297 companyc1300 flotec1300 routc1300 rowc1300 turbc1330 body1340 numberc1350 congregation1382 presencec1390 meiniec1400 storec1400 sum1400 manya1425 collegec1430 peoplec1449 schoola1450 turm1483 catervea1492 garrison?a1513 shoal1579 troop1584 bevy1604 roast1608 horde1613 gross1617 rhapsody1654 sortment1710 tribe1715 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. iv. 90 The Queen of Wooers had a large rapsody. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 302 A Cento, & a rhapsody, of uncircumcised nations. 1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 120 According to the saying of Saint Augustine, those Kingdoms where Justice hath no place, are but a rapsody of freebooters. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 21 Which Medly canton'd in a Heptarchy, A Rhapsody of Nations to supply. 4. Exaggeratedly enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling; an instance of this. Also: an effusive utterance or piece of writing, often disconnected or lacking in logical argument. Sometimes depreciative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [noun] > ecstatic expression rapture1594 rhapsody1629 rhapsodizing1872 1629 W. D'Avenant Trag. Albouine iii. i. sig. E3 If those imbraces doe Include such high delight, such rapsody; She makes me enuious. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xv. 242 O then my brest Should warble Ayres, whose Rapsodies should feast The eares of Seraphims. 1638 R. Chamberlaine in T. Nabbes Springs Glorie Ded. Thy winged raptures, rhapsodies and layes. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 30. ⁋2 To turn all the Reading of the best and wisest Writings into Rhapsodies of Love. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 232 If he means any thing more than a pompous rhapsody, let us try how well his argument holds together. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 677 Spend all the pow'rs Of rant and rhapsody in virtue's praise. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 353 After some wild and vehement rhapsodies..he was easily persuaded to retire. 1850 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. Mar. 319 This looks like mere rhapsody. 1927 Decatur (Georgia) 2 Mar. 6/3 Charles LeForgee gave a rhapsody and a war cry. 1988 K. Valicha Moving Image v. 70 A focusing of the camera on his face in a rhapsody of sadistic delight. 2002 M. Yalom & L. L. Carstensen Inside Amer. Couple i. 21 The lovers in the Song offer a rhapsody of erotic joy, with the sensual delights of both men and women equally praised. 5. Education. An unbroken string of vowels and consonants (often in random order), or of words, used as an aid in teaching the rapid recognition of individual letters. Now historical. ΚΠ 1762 A. Fisher New Eng. Tutor p. ix The Alphabet will sufficiently explain itself, except the Rhapsodies of Letters immediately before the double ones. 1790 J. Moscrip Easy Instructor 64 The scholars should be put to perform the following exercise, viz. to name the vowels and consonants in this Rhapsody. 1801 R. Kay New Preceptor 13 A Rhapsody for practising the Pupils... They should be practised to distinguish the consonants from the vowels, in these lines, very quick. 1987 I. Michael Teaching of Eng. ii. 60 The rhapsody begins: baexcellentparticularlywonderfulimpertinentsolemnity..but the exercise is linked by Moscrip not so much to learning the letters as to making his pupils ‘quick-sighted’ in distinguishing them. 6. Music. A free musical composition, usually emotional or exuberant in character and in one extended movement. Also: music of this kind. Frequently in the titles of such compositions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > fantasia or rhapsody fantasy1597 fantasia1724 extravaganza1797 arabesque1824 rhapsody1832 1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. (1835) 15 Aug. I. 7 As evening came on, the whole of the passengers collected..and I wrote a rhapsody; afterwards they fell to singing. 1849 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 365 He..introduces some piece of music which is full of bold rhapsody or of difficult, exciting execution. 1880 F. Hueffer in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 147/2 The fifteen Hungarian Rhapsodies [of Liszt]. 1894 G. Parker Transl. Savage xii Marion was seated at the piano, playing a rhapsody of Raff's. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. x. 111 The Rhapsody in Blue..represented the most serious attempt to concertize jazz. 1963 A. E. F. Dickinson Vaughan Williams vii. 198 Rhapsody here reaches a new point of indeterminate finish, niente. 2008 M. Long Beautiful Monsters ii. vii. 222 One of the best-known and most cherished of multimedia rhapsodies, Queen's 1975 monster hit ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). rhapsodyv. Brit. /ˈrapsədi/, U.S. /ˈræpsədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rhapsody n. Etymology: < rhapsody n. Compare ancient Greek ῥαψῳδεῖν (see rhapsodize v.). Compare rhapsodize v. †1. transitive. To recite a poem in rhapsodies. Cf. rhapsodize v. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1699 W. Lloyd Chronological Acct. Life Pythagoras 16 Now Cynaethus Chius first rhapsodied Homer's Verses. 1701 Sylvan Dream v. 9 So once I Rhapsody'd the Wars of Troy, But scarce could Virtue find Sufficient to instruct Mankind. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 231/2 A conclusion, in which Sidney heartily joined, rhapsodying—‘O Paris, fatal was the hour, When, victim to the blind God's power, [etc.].’ 2. a. transitive. With direct speech as object: to say or write in an effusive or enthusiastic manner. Cf. rhapsodize v. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 1847 Columbian Mag. Apr. 181/2 ‘Brief and beautiful,’ rhapsodied the lawyer. ‘Who can she be?’.. ‘Oh, you have a valentine there, have you?’ 1920 E. Bancroft Jane Allen: Center iv. 37 ‘The sunset gives light to their cheeks, and the stars sleep in their eyes,’ she rhapsodied. 2001 B. Curtis Politics of Population ii. 73 ‘If we turn our attention to Lower Canada,’ he rhapsodied, ‘we find a large majority of the people Roman Catholic but happily free from much of the bigotry of European Catholicism.’ b. intransitive. = rhapsodize v. 4a. Also with about, on, upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > indulge in romance [verb (intransitive)] > utter rhapsody rhapsodize1787 rhapsody1847 1847 New Monthly Belle Assemblée July 37/2 I gazed forth on the face of nature..and rhapsodied..on the beauteous scene that met my eyes. 1860 H. Murray Falkenburg xxix. 111/2 He shut himself up,..roaming out at night, like a disembodied spirit, and rhapsodying, in verse and prose, upon his Lilian. 1864 M. A. Dennison Out of Prison xxii. 252 Sometimes she rhapsodied; such temperaments will; it is hard for them to hear or say common-places. 1901 Puritan Jan. 591/1 Gwen was enthusiastic—over enthusiastic. She looked under her lashes at Waring as she rhapsodied. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) iv. 104 He rhapsodied about the virtues of the ‘Swiss’ Alpines and Toggenburgs and the ‘desert’ Nubians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542v.1699
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