单词 | lyrist |
释义 | lyristn. 1. A player on the lyre; one who sings and accompanies himself on the lyre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > lyre-player lyrist1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lyrist, a Harper, or one that sings to the Harp. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 133 While the sweet Lyrist airs of rapture sings. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music 163 In the early Times, the Offices of Poet and Lyrist were united in the same Person. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Introd. p. vi David, it appears, was the best lyrist of his time. 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. lv. 312 The long loose robe was the garb also of the lyrist. 2. A lyric poet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > lyric poet lyric1594 lyrist1813 lyricist1881 1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. xviii. 427 The hills, the woods..which so often inspired the Roman Lyrist. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xxx. 17 From her wilds Ierne sent The sweetest lyrist of her saddest wrong. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. i. 9 Burns is a lyrist, pouring out his own feelings in song. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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