What does "lyric" mean?
Lyric: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
- 3.A composer of lyric poems. [R.] Addison.
- 4.A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- 5.pl. The words of a song.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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