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[lir-ik] Origin

lyr·ic

[lir-ik]
adjective Also, lyr·i·cal.
1.
(of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
2.
pertaining to or writing lyric poetry: a lyric poet.
3.
characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling: a lyric song; lyric writing.
4.
pertaining to, rendered by, or employing singing.
5.
(of a voice) relatively light of volume and modest in range: a lyric soprano.
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6.
pertaining, adapted, or sung to the lyre, or composing poems to be sung to the lyre: ancient Greek lyric odes.
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noun
7.
a lyric poem.
8.
Often, lyrics. the words of a song.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Latin lyricus < Greek lyrikós. See lyre, -ic

lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
non·lyr·ic, adjective
non·lyr·i·cal, adjective
non·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
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non·lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
sem·i·lyr·ic, adjective
sem·i·lyr·i·cal, adjective
sem·i·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·lyr·ic, adjective
un·lyr·i·cal, adjective
un·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

lyric
"a lyric poem," 1580s, from M.Fr. lyrique "short poem expressing personal emotion," from L. lyricus "of or for the lyre," from Gk. lyrikos "singing to the lyre," from lyra "lyre." Meaning "words of a popular song" is first recorded 1876.
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lyric definition


A kind of poetry, generally short, characterized by a musical use of language. Lyric poetry often involves the expression of intense personal emotion. The elegy, the ode, and the sonnet are forms of the lyric poem.

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