Rhapsodizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. to express feelings of intense pleasure or admiration through a lyrical and ornate style of communication to depict emotions in a passionate and sometimes grandiloquent manner to deliver thoughts and sentiments with eloquence marked by enthusiasm and poetic flair
2. To speak or write about something with great passion and emotional intensity, often using elaborate or flowery language
3. To communicate ideas or feelings in an exuberant and highly admiring manner, employing vivid and ornate expressions

Etymology: The verb "rhapsodizes" is simply the third-person singular present of "rhapsodize," which means to speak or write with ecstatic enthusiasm. Its history runs through two separate tracks that met in English. The noun "rhapsody" came first, from Ancient Greek "rhapsōidia," a term for a passage of epic poetry, and its sense of an effusive outpouring grew from there. The suffix is the more distinctive part. The "-ize" ending traces back to Ancient Greek "-izein," a verb-forming element that Late Latin took up as "-izare," which then passed through Middle French and Middle English before settling into the modern spelling. The construction is therefore a plain formation: a borrowed Greek-derived noun with an English verb-making suffix attached. Its clearest ancestor is the word "rhapsody" itself, which English had already absorbed from classical sources before the verb was built on it.

Synonyms: enthuses, exclaims, celebrates