- the act of playing on a lyre
- lyricism
Origin of lyrism
French lyrisme from Classical Greek lyrismoslyrism
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lyrism
noun
Lyricism.
Origin of lyrism
French lyrisme from Greek lurismos act of playing on the lyre from lura lyreTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
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Origin
lyre +"Ž -ism
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