rhapsody
noun /ˈræpsədi/
/ˈræpsədi/
(plural rhapsodies)
- (often in titles) a piece of music that is full of feeling and is not regular in form
- Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies
- (formal) the expression of great enthusiasm or happiness in speech or writing
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to a poem or part of a poem in ancient Greece, which could be recited at one time): via Latin from Greek rhapsōidia, from rhaptein ‘to stitch’ + ōidē ‘song, ode’.