| 1. | Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. |
| 2. | an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm. |
| 3. | an epic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of theIliad, suitable for recitation at one time. |
| 4. | a similar piece of modern literature. |
| 5. | an unusually intense or irregular poem or piece of prose. |
| 6. | Archaic. a miscellaneous collection; jumble. |
