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lyr⋅ism

  [lir-iz-uhm]
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–noun
lyricism.
Origin:
1855–60; < Gk lyrismós. See lyre, -ism
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lyr·ism   (lĭr'ĭz'əm)   
n.  Lyricism.

[French lyrisme, from Greek lurismos, act of playing on the lyre, from lura, lyre.]
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