rhapsodize
/ɹˈæpsədˌaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
American usage; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The evergreen! How beautiful, how welcome, how wonderful the evergreen! […] You will think me rhapsodizing; but when I am out of doors, especially when I am sitting out of doors, I am very apt to get into this sort of wondering strain."
- "How can one rhapsodise over a view when surrounded by beer-stained tables? How lose one’s self in historical reverie amid the odour of roast veal and spinach?"
- "The Mysteries of Udolpho have been so much laughed at as the type of Gothic absurdity that it is difficult to come at the book with a fresh eye. We come, expecting to ridicule. Then, when we find beauty, as we do, we go to the other extreme and rhapsodize."
- "Ron was rhapsodizing about his new broom to anybody who would listen."
- "King Charles has rhapsodized about the charms of Romania for decades. “There is a sense of age-old continuity here,” he explained in a story last year in The Spectator."
- "“It’s a long time since I tasted such a borshtch! Simply a vivifier! It melts in every limb!”" he kept rhapsodizing, between mouthfuls. “It ought to be sent to the Chicago Exposition. The missess would get a medal.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English rhapsody Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English rhapsodize From rhapsody + -ize.
Usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb