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| lyr·ic [ lírrik ] |
adjective |
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1. expressing personal feelings: relating to poetry that often has a musical quality and expresses personal emotions or thoughts
  a lyric poet
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2. with lightness of voice: singing with a voice that has a light quality and a vocally undramatic delivery
a lyric tenor
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3. with lightness of musical quality: having or played with a light smooth nondramatic quality that suggests singing
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4. relating to lyre: relating to or written for the lyre, or for accompaniment by the lyre
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noun (plural lyr·ics) |
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1. song words: the words of a song, especially a popular song
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often used in the plural
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2. short personal poem: a short poem expressing personal feelings or thoughts
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| [Late 16th century. Via French< Greek lurikos "singing to the lyre" < lura "lyre"] |
