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rhapsodies
Variant of rhapsody
noun pl. rhapsodies
- in ancient Greece, a part of an epic poem suitable for a single recitation
- any ecstatic or extravagantly enthusiastic utterance in speech or writing
- great delight; ecstasy
- Obsolete a miscellany
- Music an instrumental composition of free, irregular form, suggesting improvisation
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