rhapsodyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

The noun is derived from Latin rhapsōdia (“part of an epic poem suitable for uninterrupted recitation”), from Koine Greek ῥαψῳδία (rhapsōidía, “part of an epic poem suitable for uninterrupted recitation; rigmarole”), Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδία (rhapsōidía, “composition または recitation of Epic poetry”), from ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós, “composer または performer of Epic poetry”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).^[1] Ῥαψῳδός (Rhapsōidós) is derived from ῥᾰ́πτω (rháptō, “to sew”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend; to turn”)) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “ode; song”) (ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ (“song”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming o-grade action nouns).

Sense 2.2 (“instrumental composition of irregular form”) probably developed from sense 2.1 (“exaggeratedly enthusiastic または exalted expression of feeling in speech または writing”), and both of these senses may have been influenced by rapture (“extreme excitement, happiness, または pleasure”), the latter being a quality associated with the senses. Sense 2.3 (“literary composition consisting of miscellaneous works”) is borrowed from Middle French rhapsodie (modern French rhapsodie), from Latin rhapsōdia: see above. ^[1]

The verb is derived from the noun.^[2]

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæpsədi/
• ハイフネーション: rhap‧so‧dy

名詞

rhapsody (複数形 rhapsodies)

1. (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
2. (by extension)
   1. (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.
      • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I または II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, OCLC 2057953:

        Of course here Mr. Pen went off into a rhapsody through which, as we have perfect command over our own feelings, we have no reason to follow the lad. Of course, love, truth, and eternity were produced: and words were tried but found impossible to plumb the tremendous depth of his affection.

   2. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.
   3. (archaic) A random collection or medley; a miscellany; also, a confused string of stories, words, etc.
      • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv], lines 41-48:

        Such an act / That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; / Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose / From the fair forehead of an innocent love / And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows / As false as dicers' oaths; O, such a deed / As from the body of contraction plucks / The very soul, and sweet religion makes / A rhapsody of words!

      • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

        This concerneth not those mingle-mangles of many kinds of stuffe, or as the Grecians call them Rapsodies, that for such are published […].

      • a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, OCLC 6963663, page 49:

        He, that makes no reflexions on what he reads, only loads his mind with a rhapsody of tales fit for the entertainment of others.

   4. (sometimes with a negative connotation, obsolete) A literary composition consisting of miscellaneous works.

派生語

関連する語

• rhapsode
• rhapsodic (partly)
• rhapsodical (partly)
• rhapsodomancy

動詞

rhapsody (三人称単数 現在形 rhapsodies, 現在分詞 rhapsodying, 過去形および過去分詞形 rhapsodied)

1. Synonym of rhapsodize
   1. (transitive)
      1. To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
      2. (obsolete, rare) To perform (a rhapsody (“an epic poem, または part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation”))
   2. (intransitive) Followed by about, on, over, or upon: to speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.

参照

Further reading

• rhapsody (music) on Wikipedia.
• rhapsody (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• hopyards