Tag: Rhapsody

•  Noun: Rhapsody
  1. an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. “rhapsodies of praise”
  2. a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character
  3. (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time

• Synonyms:
  1. cloud nine
  2. elatedness
  3. elation
  4. euphoria
  5. exhilaration
  6. heaven
  7. high
  8. intoxication
  9. paradise
  10. rapture

• Usage:

“The accountant was in a state of rhapsody as the calculator whirled adding up the long line of figures representing billable hours.”

• Encountered:

I saw the word on a vanity plate

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