browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
lyric |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lyric \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus Gr ?: cf F. lyrique See {Lyre}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. 2. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lyric \Lyr"ic\, n. 1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition. 2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison. 3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lyric adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: {lyrical}] 2: (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: {dramatic}] 3: (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage" 4: (poetry) "lyric poetry" n 1: 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" [syn: {words}, {language}] 2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: {lyric poem}] v : write lyrics for (a song) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LYRIC Language for Your Remote Instruction by Computer. A {CAI} language implemented as a {Fortran} {preprocessor}. ["Computer Assisted Instruction: Specification of Attributes for CAI Programs and Programmers", G.M. Silvern et al Proc ACM 21st Natl Conf (1966)]. (1994-10-12)
more about lyric
This work is licensed under a
