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Traditional English :: lyrical
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lyricalness.html - adj. 1 = LYRIC. 2 resembling, couched in, or using language appropriate to, lyric poetry. 3 colloq. highly enthusiastic (wax lyrical about). lyrically adv. lyricalness n. |
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Traditional English :: lyric
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lyricalness.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usu. briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms. 2 (of a poet) writing in this manner. 3 of or for the lyre. 4 meant to be sung, fit to be expressed in song, songlike (lyric drama; lyric opera). --n. 1 a lyric poem or verse. 2 (in pl.) lyric verses. 3 (usu. in pl.) the words of a song. [F lyrique or L lyricus f. Gk lurikos (as LYRE)] |
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Traditional English :: lyrical
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lyricalness.html - adj. 1 = LYRIC. 2 resembling, couched in, or using language appropriate to, lyric poetry. 3 colloq. highly enthusiastic (wax lyrical about). lyrically adv. lyricalness n. |
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Traditional English :: lyricism
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lyricalness.html - n. 1 the character or quality of being lyric or lyrical. 2 a lyrical expression. 3 high-flown sentiments. |
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Traditional English :: lyricist
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lyricalness.html - n. a person who writes the words to a song. |
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Traditional English :: lyric
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lyricalness.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usu. briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms. 2 (of a poet) writing in this manner. 3 of or for the lyre. 4 meant to be sung, fit to be expressed in song, songlike (lyric drama; lyric opera). --n. 1 a lyric poem or verse. 2 (in pl.) lyric verses. 3 (usu. in pl.) the words of a song. [F lyrique or L lyricus f. Gk lurikos (as LYRE)] |
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