lyrism en · NOUN
Etymology
From lyre + -ism.
Meanings
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
But he had found that humdrum world in a terribly dynamic condition, in which even badinage and lyrism had turned explosive;
1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Part 8, Chapter 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lyrisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |