lyric at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
['lıərık]
lyric at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
adj [only before noun] [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: lyrique 'of a lyre', from Latin, from Greek, from lyra; LYRE]// expressing strong personal emotions such as love, in a way that is similar to music in its sounds and rhythm// --Wordsworth was one of the greatest lyric poets of his time.//
lyric 2 n
1 lyrics [plural] the words of a song: --He wrote some great music, but the lyrics weren't that good.//
2 also lyric poem : [C] technical a poem, usually a short one, written in a lyric style//
lyric at English => English (The Britannica Concise) Of Explained:
Verse or poem that can, or supposedly can, be sung to musical accompaniment (in ancient times, usually a lyre) or that expresses intense personal emotion in a manner suggestive of a song. Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet and is sometimes contrasted with narrative poetry and verse drama, which relate events in the form of a story. The elegy, ode, and sonnet are important forms of lyric poetry.
lyric at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "lyric":
English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet,
Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, anacreontic,
balada, ballad, ballade, book, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew,
dirge, dithyramb, dulcet, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram,
epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, georgic, ghazel,
graceful, haiku, idiosyncratic, idyll, individual, 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, poem, prothalamium, rhapsodic, rhyme,
rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, satire, sentimental, sestina,
silvery, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, subjective, sweet,
tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnody, triolet, troubadour poem, verse,
verselet, versicle, villanelle, virelay, words
lyric at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[ADJ] (Music): musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious.
[N] (Poetry): poem, epic, epic poem, ode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, dithyramb, sonnet, rondeau
[ADJ] (Poetry): poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, elegiac.
[N] (Poetry): poem, epic, epic poem, ode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, dithyramb, sonnet, rondeau
[ADJ] (Poetry): poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, elegiac.
lyric at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
adjective, noun
adjective
1 (of poetry) expressing a person's personal feelings and thoughts
compare EPIC
2 connected with, or written for, singing
noun
1 [C] a lyric poem
compare EPIC
2 (lyrics) [pl.] the words of a song:
music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart
Lyric at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Lyric \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.
Lyric \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 at English => English (Computer) Of Explained:
LYRIC
Language for Your Remote Instruction by Computer. A {CAI}
language implemented as a {Fortran} {preprocessor}.
["Computer Assisted Instruction: Specification of Attributes
for CAI Programs and Programmers", G.M. Silvern et al, Proc
ACM 21st Natl Conf (1966)].
(1994-10-12)
lyric at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
lyric
adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
performance" [syn: {lyrical}]
2: used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume
and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: {dramatic}]
3: relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
4: of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses
emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
lyric
n 1: 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" [syn: {words}, {language}]
2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: {lyric poem}]
lyric
v : write lyrics for (a song)
lyric at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Alternative forms
* lyrickEtymology
From Inter: etyl » fr Inter: term » lyrique, or its source, Inter: etyl » la Inter: term » lyricus, from Inter: etyl » grc Inter: term » λυρικός|sc=polytonic, from Inter: term » λύρα||lyre|sc=polytonic.Pronunciation
* Inter: a » UK|US Inter: IPA » /ˈlɪɹ.ɪk/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /"lIrIk/Adjective
Inter: en-ad » jDerived terms
* lyricalNoun
Inter: en-nou » nInter: wikipedi » a
Derived terms
* lyricismTranslations
Inter: trans-see » lyricsAnagrams
* CyrilTranslation: et » lyric
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