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Lyric is defined as a word or words in a song.

(noun)

An example of lyric is the words to songs by The Beatles.

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See lyric in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of a lyre
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
writing or having written lyric poetry
lyrical (sense )
Music
1. characterized by a relatively high compass and a light, flexible quality
2. having a lyric voice: a lyric tenor

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

noun

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

See lyric in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
b. Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode.
c. Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
Lyrical.
Music
a. Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range.
b. Of, relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera: the lyric stage.
c. Having a pleasing succession of sounds; melodious.
d. Of or relating to the lyre or harp.
e. Appropriate for accompaniment by the lyre.

noun

A lyric poem.
Music The words of a song. Often used in the plural.

Origin:

Origin: French lyrique, of a lyre

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin lyricus

Origin: , from Greek lurikos

Origin: , from lura, lyre

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