lyric

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Technically a lyric is a song, a short poem that can be set to music.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
  2. adjective Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode.
  3. adjective Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
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  • He has created a painted lyric which is not an illustration of, but a parallel presentation to the written poem of Statius. —  Giorgione
  • It was to be expected therefore that when he took up playwriting he would use the play from time to time as an opportunity for a lyric, and in fact this was his constant habit. —  The Man Shakespeare
  • Some messages become redundant - like a mantra - sung over and over until the lyric is memorized, or understood. —  ABC2 News Video Game Reviews
  • It's like being an artist, with the beat as a canvas, and you making the lyric is like the painter working on the canvas. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • "As an actor, the lyric is what I deal with primarily," McKay said. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
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lyrical ·  ballad ·  poetic ·  epic ·  poem ·  melody ·  romantic ·  song ·  prose ·  hymn ·  sonnet ·  tragic

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lyric:   lyrics
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French lyrique, of a lyre, from Old French, from Latin lyricus, from Greek lurikos, from lura, lyre.

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  1. = French lyrique = Spanish lirico = Portuguese lyrico = Italian lirico, from Latin lyricus, from Greek λυρικός, lyric, of or for a lyre, as a noun a lyric poet (L. neuter lyricum, a lyric poem), from λύρα, a lyre: see lyre.
  2. from lyric, n.
 

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/ˈlɪrɪk/
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