Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lyricism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or act of playing the lyre; hence, musical performance generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
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- noun The act of playing on a
lyre orharp .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In his strictly secular pieces Calderon has succeeded rather by virtue of his lyrism, which is undoubtedly of transcedent quality, than because of any considerable dramatic ingenuity of his own.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The “lyrism” of these songs seems more considered.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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Nor can he equal the sublime lyrism of his model; but he is little inferior in poetic conception, in dignified idealization, and in picturesque imagery.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Calderón defies rivalry: his intense devotion, his subtle intelligence, his sublime lyrism all combine to produce such marvels of allegorical poetry as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The lyrism of the evening was in the cellar at present, and was not to be drawn from that retreat just yet ....
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918
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It is to be observed, none the less, that he is a great lyric poet, and that his lyrism saturates his dramatic compositions from first to last.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Hardly any kind of Hebrew poesy is absent; epithalamia and lamentations; little satirical songs; odes of wonderful lyrism etc. The fundamental law of Hebrew poetry, the parallelism of the stichs, is usually observed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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One could only wish them a little more lyrism — a little more frenzy, if you will.
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The purely human reality is capable of lyrism but not of abstraction.
Chance A Tale in Two Parts Joseph Conrad 1890
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The purely human reality is capable of lyrism but not of abstraction.
Chance Joseph Conrad 1890
yarb commented on the word lyrism
"...he had found that humdrum world in a terribly dynamic condition, in which even badinage and lyrism had turned explosive."
- George Eliot, Middlemarch
February 27, 2008