Rhapsodised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To articulate emotions or concepts in a manner filled with enthusiasm and poetic expressiveness
2. To deliver thoughts or feelings with fervent excitement and a lyrical quality
3. To speak or write about something with intense enthusiasm and a poetic style

Etymology: "Rhapsodise" comes from Greek "rhapsōidein," a compound of "rhaptein," "to stitch or sew," and "ōidē," "song." A "rhapsōidos" was a professional reciter of epic poetry, such as Homer's, who went from town to town stitching together passages of heroic verse. The sense of the performer as a sewer of song is the root of the whole family. The English verb is a later arrival from that Greek source. It passed into English through Latin "rhapsodia" and later French, and its meaning moved from the recitation of poetry toward the emotional excitement of speaking or writing. Someone who rhapsodises today is not reciting epic at all, but pouring out praise or enthusiasm in a flowing, almost musical way. The verb form "rhapsodised" is the British spelling of the past tense and past participle of "rhapsodise," with "-ised" in place of the American "-ized." The American equivalent is "rhapsodized."

Synonyms: enthused, exulted, celebrated, eulogized, praised

Antonyms: criticized, denounced, disparaged, condemned, disapproved