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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, resembling, or characteristic of a rhapsody.
  • adjective Immoderately impassioned or enthusiastic; ecstatic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as rhapsodical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective highly emotional; rapturous
  • adjective Of or relating to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody
  • adjective by extension confused, unconnected

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective feeling great rapture or delight

Etymologies

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rhapsody +‎ -ic.

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