Lyric /(?)/

Lyr·ic

Lyric

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
  2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre;
  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.

Lyric

n.
  1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.]
  3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  4. The words of a song.