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lyricism|ˈlɪrɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. lyric + -ism.]
Lyric character or style; the pursuit or eulogy of the same; (with pl.), a lyrical expression or characteristic. Occas. (after F. lyrisme), affectation of high-flown sentiment or poetic enthusiasm.
1760Gray Let. to Mason 20 Aug., Lest people should not understand the humour of the thing (which indeed to do they must have our lyricisms at their finger ends). 1833New Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 87 She got up a night or two of patriotic lyricism. 1834Coleridge Table-t. 15 Mar., In Beaumont and Fletcher it [blank verse] is constantly slipping into lyricisms. 1870Daily News 8 Sept. 4 The danger of what we may perhaps call Lyricism. We sincerely trust that the new Government will enter upon its duties in the most prosaic spirit possible. 1881A. Austin in Macm. Mag. XLIII. 403 Sheer lyricism just now is over much the mode. |