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lyricist

[ lir-uh-sist ]

noun

  1. a person who writes the lyrics for songs.
  2. a lyric poet.


lyricist

/ ˈlɪrɪsɪst /

noun

  1. a person who writes the words for a song, opera, or musical play
  2. Also calledlyrist a lyric poet


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lyricist1

First recorded in 1880–85; lyric + -ist

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Example Sentences

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.

One of the many pleasures of the book is to see the lyricist frolic in another form.

He is a gifted lyricist, but in the Hong Kong live music scene, rap is a niche genre.

No one wrote about this subject in a way children could understand better than the famous American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.

Pindar, the greatest lyricist of the Greeks, wrote about athletic contests; athletes were his heroes.

Subjective this poet may be—is it not a virtue in the lyricist?

To pass down in history as an exceptional beauty is to inspire art ideals and to furnish a theme for the lyricist.

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