Category:Rhapsody

Rhap"so*dy, n.; pl. Rhapsodies. Etym: [f. rhapsodie, l. rhapsodia, Gr. Ode.]

1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem Adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a Division of the iliad or the odyssey; -- called also a book.

2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under Excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling Composition. "a rhapsody of words." Shak. "a rhapsody of tales." Locke.

3. (mus.)

Defn: a composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "hungarian rhapsodies."