Lyric
WordNet
adjective
(1) Expressing deep personal emotion
"The dancer's lyrical performance"
(2) Used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
"A lyric soprano"
(3) Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
"Lyric poetry"
(4) Relating to or being musical drama
"The lyric stage"
noun
(5) A short poem of songlike quality
(6) 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"
verb
(7) Write lyrics for (a song)
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Etymology
From , or its source, , from , from .
Adjective
- Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
- Of, or relating to a writer of such poetry
- lyrical
- Having a light singing voice of modest range
- Of, or relating to musical drama and opera
- melodious
- Of, or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)