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lyricism en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English lyric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English lyricism From lyric + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Great enthusiasm.
2. (countable, uncountable) The emotional style of lyric poetry.
3. (countable, uncountable) Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics.
   • This is an album whose most memorable songs are definitely its strangest. Most ambitious of all perhaps is Dark Ballet, a long concept-song about Joan of Arc in which the lyricism of the piano lines startles. Madonna herself is heavily Auto-tuned, mumbling stuff about being a witch; she seems to blow on the flames of a pyre. 2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian:

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ja 抒情 (emotional style of lyric poetry) · ja 叙情 (emotional style of lyric poetry)