adjective

1. of a lyre
2. suitable for singing, as to the accompaniment of a lyre; songlike; specif., designating poetry or a poem mainly expressing the poet's emotions and feelings: sonnets, elegies, odes, hymns, etc. are lyric poems
3. writing or having written lyric poetry
4. lyrical (sense )
5. Music
   1. characterized by a relatively high compass and a light, flexible quality
   2. having a lyric voice a lyric tenor

Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr lyrique < L lyricus < Gr lyrikos

noun

1. a lyric poem
2. the words of a song, as distinguished from the music