lyrism
Americannoun
noun
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the art or technique of playing the lyre
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a less common word for lyricism
Etymology
Origin of lyrism
From the Greek word lyrismós, dating back to 1855–60. See lyre, -ism
Example Sentences
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No doubt he, like most of us, would be uplifted at times by the awakened lyrism of his heart into regions charming, empty, and dangerous.
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad
"The Token" exhibits Miss Jackson in her airiest lyrical mood; a mood original because it possesses the rare lyrism of pure music and fancy rather than the common lyrism of unsubtilised emotion.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
In a certain sense the Iliad is the most dramatic poem in the world, for the dramatic picture lives undisturbed by lyrism or meditation.
From Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton
It is by the music of his verse and the tender tears of his feminine lyrism that Nádson penetrates the hearts of his readers.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Lyrism is the keynote of the work, a passionate lyrism, with a note of self-absorption, suppressed feeling—truly Slavic, this shyness!—and a concentration that is remarkable even for Chopin.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
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