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noun

Rhapsodist n.

Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.

Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. "The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto."

One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.

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Etymology of 'Rhapsodist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... greatly prevented a record of most of them—though happily not all. Abelard, for instance, was a monk, and his Heloise became a nun, and their love letters are among the most precious possessions in literature. Liszt, that Hungarian rhapsodist in amours, was he not also an abbe? There was a priest-musician, George de la Hele, who about 1585 gave up a lucrative benefice to marry a woman dowered with the name Madalena Guabaelaraoen. But most of them kept their benefices and their sweethearts ...

— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 • Rupert Hughes