rhapsodize

[ rap-suh-dahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, rhap·so·dized, rhap·so·diz·ing.

1. to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
2. to speak or write rhapsodies.

verb (used with object)

, rhap·so·dized, rhap·so·diz·ing.

1. to recite as a rhapsody.

rhapsodize

/ ˈræpsəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm
2. intr to recite or write rhapsodies

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhapsodize¹

First recorded in 1600–10; rhapsod(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

We can rhapsodize about our fabulous mountains and beaches, gorgeous parks and gardens, and many breathtaking residential drives.

From Los Angeles Times

We can rhapsodize about our fabulous mountains and beaches, gorgeous parks and gardens, and many breathtaking residential drives.

From Los Angeles Times

I also wanted to ask about the specific choice of having Elena address her constituents as “my loves” and rhapsodize about “our love.”

From Salon

Critics thumbed thesauruses for hyperboles to rhapsodize about her pyrotechnics.

From New York Times

In the book, she’s in the middle of a sad story about a dinner with her buddy Marlon Brando at Quincy Jones’s place, when she interrupts herself to rhapsodize over its flavor and reminisce on the lengths she has gone to get some.

From New York Times

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