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English Dictionary: lyric	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for lyric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lyric adj expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" Synonym(s): lyric, lyrical used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" Antonym(s): dramatic relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage" of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry" n the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" Synonym(s): lyric, words, language a short poem of songlike quality Synonym(s): lyric, lyric poem v write lyrics for (a song)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lyric \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ical\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. lyrique. See {Lyre}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. 2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. [bd]Sweet lyric* song.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lyric \Lyr"ic\, n. 1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition. 2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison. 3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LYRIC Language for Your Remote Instruction by Computer. A {CAI} language implemented as a {Fortran} {preprocessor}. ["Computer Assisted Instruction: Specification of Attributes for CAI Programs and Programmers", G.M. Silvern et al, Proc ACM 21st Natl Conf (1966)]. (1994-10-12)