a musical composition in one continuous movement, usu a free fantasy, often based on an epic, heroic, or national idea
an expression in speech or writing of ardent enthusiasm or deep emotion
a state of rapture or ecstasy
an epic poem, or part of one, that is short enough to be recited in a single sitting
rhapsodic adj
rhapsodically adv
[via Latin from Greek rhapsōidia recitation of selections from epic poetry, rhapsody, from rhaptein to sew, stitch together]