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   lyric

   /ˈlɪrɪk/

   noun

   • 1. the words of a song in popular music: "she has published both music and lyrics for a number of songs"
   • 2. a poem of a type that expresses the writer's emotions, typically briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms; a lyric poem: "an edition of Horace's Lyrics"
   • ▪ lyric poetry as a literary genre: "stylistic categories fundamental to literary aesthetics—epic, lyric, drama, comedy, tragedy"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or characteristic of poetry that expresses the writer's emotions, typically briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms: "lyric poems of extraordinary beauty" Similar melodicsonglikemusicalmelodiouslyricalrhapsodicpoeticexpressiveemotionaldeeply feltpersonalsubjectivepassionate
   • 2. (of a singing voice) using a light register: "a lyric soprano with a light, clear timbre" Similar lightsilveryclearliltingflowingdulceteuphonioussweetsweet-tonedsweet-soundinghoneyedmellifluousmellowlyricalrare:mellifluentOpposite harshcacophonous

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French lyrique or Latin lyricus, from Greek lurikos, from lura ‘lyre’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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