lyricadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɪrɪk/, U.S.

/ˈlɪrɪk/

Forms: Also 1500s lirick, 1500s–1600s lirique, 1600s lyrike, 1600s–1700s lyrick.

Etymology: < French lyrique, or < Latin lyricus , < Greek λυρικός , < λύρα lyre n.¹

A. adj.

1. Of or pertaining to the lyre; adapted to the lyre, meant to be sung; pertaining to or characteristic of song. Now used as the name for short poems (whether or not intended to be sung), usually divided into stanzas or strophes, and directly expressing the poet's own thoughts and sentiments. Hence, applied to the poet who composes such poems. lyric drama, lyric stage, the opera.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective]

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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xi. 20 They were called..Lirique Poets.

1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies Ded. sig. A4 This sweetness of Mr. Wallers Lyrick Poesie was afterwards follow'd in the Epick by Sir John Denham.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 254 Æolian charms and Dorian Lyric Odes.

a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 59 Terpander was a Lyric Poet.

1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 305 Quatrains of lines, alternately consisting of eight and six syllables, make the most soft and pleasing of our lyrick measures.

1825 W. Ayrton Let. 5 Apr. in J. Ebers Seven Yrs. King's Theatre (1828) 255 Signor Tramezzani,..one of the finest singers and actors that ever graced the lyric stage, took the character of Guglielmo.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 125 The tyrants likewise cherished the lyric Muse.

1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 1 183 Still we hail with undiminished delight the lyric drama.

1849 G. Ticknor Hist. Spanish Lit. III. 8 Herrera is too lyric..to write good elegies.

1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxxiv. 6 Lyric poetry is the expression by the poet of his own feelings.

1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 22 The most exciting situation in lyric drama—the duet in the fourth act of Les Huguenots.

1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 28 It requires a faculty for light comedy, which is almost unknown on the lyric stage.

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. iii. 38 Poetry which is lyric in spirit as well as in metre.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 526/2 Lyric Drama, another name for opera, covering all kinds. The term is applied not so much to any particular work as to the whole class—i.e. opera as distinct from the spoken play.

1957 Oxf. Compan. Theatre 589/1 Beethoven's..solitary contribution to the lyric stage, ‘Fidelio’ (1805).

1958 A. Jacobs New Dict. Music 218 Lyric drama, occasional synonym for opera (especially in French, as drame lyrique); hence also the lyric stage, i.e. the operatic stage.

2. Of persons: Given to song; singing-. poetic.

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1814 R. Southey Roderick xxi. 276 A richer, stronger strain Than that with which the lyric lark salutes The new-born day.

1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells iv While little harps were touch'd by many a lyric fay.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 11 Here she stands, Balaustion! Strangers, greet the lyric girl!

B. n.

1. absol. (with the): That which is lyrical; lyric style, verse, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric style or verse

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1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.i The most vsuall kindes [of verse] are foure, the Heroic, Eelegiac, Iambick, and Lyric... Sometime the Lyric ryseth aloft, sometime the comicall.

a1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan iii. lxxxv, in Wks. (1833) XV. 320 His muse made increment of any thing, From the high lyric [earlier edd. lyrical] down to the low rational.

†2. A lyric poet. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > lyric poet

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1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course v. f. 69 There hath bin a great companie of Tragicks, Comicks, Elegiacks, Lyricks [etc.].

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 191 Horace the most delicate of all the Roman Lyricks.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 40 Simonides would speak thus of one of his Contemporary Lyrics.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 214. ⁋3 That ancient Lyric, M. D'Urfey.

1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 82/1 He is the first of sentimental poets!—the king of lyrics!

3. A lyric poem. Also plural, verses in lyric metre.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun]

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I4^v In the Earle of Surries Liricks, many things..worthy of a noble minde.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iii. 16 At Wakes..Where D—y's Lyricks swell in every Voice.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 22 Apr. 17 The cook warbles her lyrics in the kitchen.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 29 An Eton boy follows Virgil in longs, Tibullus in longs and shorts, and Horace in lyrics.

1879 Fortn. Rev. No. 155. 692 Wordsworth's fame will rest upon his lyrics, if we extend the term to include his odes, sonnets, and some narrative poems in stanzas.

4. The words of a popular song; frequently plural. Also attributive, as lyric-writer.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics

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1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 276/2 Lyric, poetry or blank verse intended to be set to music and sung.

1927 Melody Maker Aug. 759/3 On July 8 Edgar Leslie, the prolific and most successful lyric writer in America, arrived in London.

1933 Punch 16 Aug. 180/3 The gramophone plunged fervently into that lyric called ‘I've Got a Date with an Angel’.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 272 The lowbrow poet—the type of writer who in the nineteenth century produced ‘Champagne Charlie’ and now produces revue lyrics.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 526/2 Another well-known poet constantly advertises himself in the British musical press as ‘Lyric Author…2,000 songs…not one failure to give great pleasure’.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 150 They all join in a jeering chorus, rapping with knuckles or glasses on the table at the indicated spot in the lyric.

1958 Times 2 Aug. 7/4 Teenagers in Minneapolis, believing that the words of some ‘pop’ songs can encourage juvenile crime, have..‘opened a nation-wide “better lyrics” contest’.

1967 Listener 3 Aug. 130/1 Having introduced a new sound in the music, they saw that they had next to change the type of lyric.

1968 Listener 7 Nov. 610/1 According to Mick Farren, lyric-writer of the Deviants: ‘Pop music is..the last free medium.’

1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 12/1 The banality of the lyrics.

1973 Listener 19 Apr. 522/1 The bo' weevil fugues..in blues lyrics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lyric
释义	lyricadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɪrɪk/, U.S. /ˈlɪrɪk/ Forms: Also 1500s lirick, 1500s–1600s lirique, 1600s lyrike, 1600s–1700s lyrick. Etymology: < French lyrique, or < Latin lyricus , < Greek λυρικός , < λύρα lyre n.¹ A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the lyre; adapted to the lyre, meant to be sung; pertaining to or characteristic of song. Now used as the name for short poems (whether or not intended to be sung), usually divided into stanzas or strophes, and directly expressing the poet's own thoughts and sentiments. Hence, applied to the poet who composes such poems. lyric drama, lyric stage, the opera. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] lyricala1586 lyric1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xi. 20 They were called..Lirique Poets. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies Ded. sig. A4 This sweetness of Mr. Wallers Lyrick Poesie was afterwards follow'd in the Epick by Sir John Denham. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 254 Æolian charms and Dorian Lyric Odes. View more context for this quotation a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 59 Terpander was a Lyric Poet. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 305 Quatrains of lines, alternately consisting of eight and six syllables, make the most soft and pleasing of our lyrick measures. 1825 W. Ayrton Let. 5 Apr. in J. Ebers Seven Yrs. King's Theatre (1828) 255 Signor Tramezzani,..one of the finest singers and actors that ever graced the lyric stage, took the character of Guglielmo. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 125 The tyrants likewise cherished the lyric Muse. 1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 1 183 Still we hail with undiminished delight the lyric drama. 1849 G. Ticknor Hist. Spanish Lit. III. 8 Herrera is too lyric..to write good elegies. 1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera III. xxxiv. 6 Lyric poetry is the expression by the poet of his own feelings. 1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 22 The most exciting situation in lyric drama—the duet in the fourth act of Les Huguenots. 1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 28 It requires a faculty for light comedy, which is almost unknown on the lyric stage. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. iii. 38 Poetry which is lyric in spirit as well as in metre. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 526/2 Lyric Drama, another name for opera, covering all kinds. The term is applied not so much to any particular work as to the whole class—i.e. opera as distinct from the spoken play. 1957 Oxf. Compan. Theatre 589/1 Beethoven's..solitary contribution to the lyric stage, ‘Fidelio’ (1805). 1958 A. Jacobs New Dict. Music 218 Lyric drama, occasional synonym for opera (especially in French, as drame lyrique); hence also the lyric stage, i.e. the operatic stage. 2. Of persons: Given to song; singing-. poetic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > given to singing sing-songa1687 lyric1814 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxi. 276 A richer, stronger strain Than that with which the lyric lark salutes The new-born day. 1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells iv While little harps were touch'd by many a lyric fay. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 11 Here she stands, Balaustion! Strangers, greet the lyric girl! B. n. 1. absol. (with the): That which is lyrical; lyric style, verse, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric style or verse lyric1586 1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.i The most vsuall kindes [of verse] are foure, the Heroic, Eelegiac, Iambick, and Lyric... Sometime the Lyric ryseth aloft, sometime the comicall. a1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan iii. lxxxv, in Wks. (1833) XV. 320 His muse made increment of any thing, From the high lyric [earlier edd. lyrical] down to the low rational. †2. A lyric poet. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > lyric poet lyric1594 lyrist1813 lyricist1881 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course v. f. 69 There hath bin a great companie of Tragicks, Comicks, Elegiacks, Lyricks [etc.]. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 191 Horace the most delicate of all the Roman Lyricks. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 40 Simonides would speak thus of one of his Contemporary Lyrics. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 214. ⁋3 That ancient Lyric, M. D'Urfey. 1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 82/1 He is the first of sentimental poets!—the king of lyrics! 3. A lyric poem. Also plural, verses in lyric metre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] sonnet1557 lyrica1586 sonetto1589 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric verses lyric1714 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I4^v In the Earle of Surries Liricks, many things..worthy of a noble minde. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iii. 16 At Wakes..Where D—y's Lyricks swell in every Voice. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 22 Apr. 17 The cook warbles her lyrics in the kitchen. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 29 An Eton boy follows Virgil in longs, Tibullus in longs and shorts, and Horace in lyrics. 1879 Fortn. Rev. No. 155. 692 Wordsworth's fame will rest upon his lyrics, if we extend the term to include his odes, sonnets, and some narrative poems in stanzas. 4. The words of a popular song; frequently plural. Also attributive, as lyric-writer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics wordseOE ditty1552 recitative1659 testo1724 lyric1876 pop lyric1960 verbal1964 bars1994 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 276/2 Lyric, poetry or blank verse intended to be set to music and sung. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 759/3 On July 8 Edgar Leslie, the prolific and most successful lyric writer in America, arrived in London. 1933 Punch 16 Aug. 180/3 The gramophone plunged fervently into that lyric called ‘I've Got a Date with an Angel’. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 272 The lowbrow poet—the type of writer who in the nineteenth century produced ‘Champagne Charlie’ and now produces revue lyrics. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 526/2 Another well-known poet constantly advertises himself in the British musical press as ‘Lyric Author…2,000 songs…not one failure to give great pleasure’. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 150 They all join in a jeering chorus, rapping with knuckles or glasses on the table at the indicated spot in the lyric. 1958 Times 2 Aug. 7/4 Teenagers in Minneapolis, believing that the words of some ‘pop’ songs can encourage juvenile crime, have..‘opened a nation-wide “better lyrics” contest’. 1967 Listener 3 Aug. 130/1 Having introduced a new sound in the music, they saw that they had next to change the type of lyric. 1968 Listener 7 Nov. 610/1 According to Mick Farren, lyric-writer of the Deviants: ‘Pop music is..the last free medium.’ 1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 12/1 The banality of the lyrics. 1973 Listener 19 Apr. 522/1 The bo' weevil fugues..in blues lyrics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † lyricv. Etymology: < lyric adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To sing (over) in a lyrical manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] singc825 leadOE galea1000 record1483 chant1566 modulate?1567 carol?1578 strain1589 relish1592 lyrica1704 vocalize1782 lip1789 flute1842 a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 163 Parson Punch..Lyricks over his part in an Anthem very handsomly. 1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote v. xx. 383 The Songster Lyrick'd o'er with all His Skill the following Madrigal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.a1586v.a1704
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lyricadj.n.

† lyricv.