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Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
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lyricism
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of being suitable for singing [syn: lyricality , songfulness ] unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lyricism \Lyr"i*cism\, n. A lyric composition. --Gray.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Before he died from cancer in 1991, he had produced a mammoth body of beautiful work steeped in lyricism and romanticism. ▪ Biscoe is a saxophone virtuoso of great lyricism , passion, stamina, and considerable versatility. ▪ ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1760, from lyric + -ism .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Great enthusiasm. 2 Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics.
Usage examples of lyricism.
Ballard fashions an affectless, yet strangely compelling, lyricism from our industrial and information-media leftovers.
Her hair was long and blond, There was a fluidity to her walk, a lyricism -to her talk.
The intensity, the lyricism, the romanticism of love in these last two cases has struck some readers as impermissibly old-fashioned.
He exulted in the pyrotechnical complexities of Berlioz and Wagner, the rich orchestrations of Brahms and Rachmaninoff, the lyricism of Dvorak and Mendelssohn, the tonal adventurism of Ravel and Debussy, and fused them into a style all his own.
Dreams of the Compass Rose has a similar stately lyricism, a compelling and visionary voice that speaks to the heart of the reader.
He thought of his recent Ode to Antares, which, unlike his earlier productions, was written in vers libre and had a strong modernistic irony mingled with its planturous lyricism.