lyricist

[lir-uh-sist]

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noun

a person who writes the lyrics for songs.
a lyric poet.

Origin of lyricist

First recorded in 1880–85; lyric + -ist

Can be confusedlyricist lyrist

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Examples from the Web for lyricist

Contemporary Examples

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive
Laurence Maslon
December 16, 2014
One of the many pleasures of the book is to see the lyricist frolic in another form.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble
David Bukszpan
October 11, 2014
No one wrote about this subject in a way children could understand better than the famous American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Robert L. Bernstein, Harold Evans, Larry Kirshbaum, Adam Bellow, Larry Hughes, Andre Schiffrin, Jonathan Karp
October 17, 2012

Historical Examples

Subjective this poet may be—is it not a virtue in the lyricist?
Studies of Contemporary Poets
Mary C. Sturgeon
To pass down in history as an exceptional beauty is to inspire art ideals and to furnish a theme for the lyricist.
Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10)
Burleigh James Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for lyricist

lyricist

noun

a person who writes the words for a song, opera, or musical play
Also called: lyrist a lyric poet

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Word Origin and History for lyricist

n.

1832, "one skilled in lyric composition;" from lyric + -ist. Meaning "one who writes lyrics" is from 1908.

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Examples from the Web for lyricist

Contemporary Examples

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.

One of the many pleasures of the book is to see the lyricist frolic in another form.

No one wrote about this subject in a way children could understand better than the famous American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.

Historical Examples

Subjective this poet may be—is it not a virtue in the lyricist?

To pass down in history as an exceptional beauty is to inspire art ideals and to furnish a theme for the lyricist.

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Word Origin and History for lyricist

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