Lyr"ic (?), Lyr"ic*al (?), a. [L. lyricus, Gr. : cf. F. lyrique. See Lyre.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2.
Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet.
"Sweet
lyric song."
Milton.
© Webster 1913.
Lyr"ic, n.
1.
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2.
A composer of lyric poems.
[R.]
Addison.
3.
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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