lyrism

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noun

The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

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Meanings

nounlyrism (countable and uncountable, plural lyrisms)

plural lyrisms

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe act of playing on a lyre or harp.

    But he had found that humdrum world in a terribly dynamic condition, in which even badinage and lyrism had turned explosive;

    1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Part 8, Chapter 82

Origin

From lyre + -ism.

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APA

lyrism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyrism

MLA

“lyrism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyrism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lyrism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyrism.

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