D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lyric

/lĭr'-ĭk/ · Lyr·ic · IPA /ˈlɪɹɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
  2. 2.
    Fitted to be sung to the lyre;
  3. 3.
    expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance.
Syn. lyric.
02 n. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  1. 1.
    A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  2. 2.
    A composer of lyric poems.[R.]
  3. 3.
    A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  4. 4.
    The words of a song.