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Lyric

Lyric Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lyric? [n] a short poem of songlike quality [n] the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" [adj] expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [adj] (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [adj] (poetry) "lyric poetry" [adj] (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage" [v] write lyrics for (a song) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lyric: coloratura \| emotional \| language \| lyric poem \| lyrical \| words Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lyric: alba \| anacreontic \| balada \| ballad \| ballade \| book \| bucolic \| canso \| chanson \| clerihew \| dirge \| dithyramb \| dulcet \| eclogue \| elegy \| English sonnet \| epic \| epigram \| epithalamium \| epode \| epopee \| epopoeia \| epos \| georgic \| ghazel \| graceful \| haiku \| Horatian ode \| idiosyncratic \| idyll \| individual \| Italian sonnet \| jingle \| libretto \| light \| limerick \| lyrical \| lyrics \| madrigal \| mellifluous \| mellow \| melodic \| melodious \| monody \| musical \| narrative poem \| nursery rhyme \| ode \| palinode \| pastoral \| pastoral elegy \| pastorela \| pastourelle \| personal \| Petrarchan sonnet \| Pindaric ode \| poem \| prothalamium \| rhapsodic \| rhyme \| rondeau \| rondel \| roundel \| roundelay \| Sapphic ode \| satire \| sentimental \| sestina \| Shakespearean sonnet \| silvery \| sloka \| song \| sonnet \| sonnet sequence \| subjective \| sweet \| tanka \| tenso \| tenzone \| threnody \| triolet \| troubadour poem \| verse \| verselet \| versicle \| villanelle \| virelay \| words See Also \| antistrophe \| compose \| indite \| love lyric \| ode \| pen \| poem \| relyric \| song \| strophe \| text \| textual matter \| verse form \| write Lyric In Webster's Dictionary \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf. F. lyrique. See {Lyre}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. 2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. ``Sweet lyric song.'' --Milton. \Lyr"ic\, n. 1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition. 2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison. 3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Lyric Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lyric?

[n] a short poem of songlike quality
[n] the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
[adj] expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"
[adj] (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"
[adj] (poetry) "lyric poetry"
[adj] (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
[v] write lyrics for (a song)

Lyric In Webster's Dictionary

\Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf.
F. lyrique. See {Lyre}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate
   for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the
   individual emotions of the poet. ``Sweet lyric song.''
   --Milton.


\Lyr"ic\, n.
1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison.

3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; --
   used chiefly in the plural.

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