lyricism

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8

Definition of lyricism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Great enthusiasm.
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noun

  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.”

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Etymology

From lyric + -ism.

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