RHAPSODY

rhapsody. Rhapsody, n. an irregular unconnected writing

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Rhap″so‐dy (?), n.; pl. Rhapsodies (#). [[F. rhapsodie, L. rhapsodia, Gr. ραψᾡδία, fr. ραψᾡδόσ a rhapsodist; ρἅπτειν to sew, stitch together, unite + ᾠδή a song. See Ode.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsodies.”