lilts

Noun

lilt (plural lilts)

1. An animated, brisk motion; a spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
2. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
   • He was going away quite in despair, when a little old man, who was looking on with marks of displeasure in his face, came up to him, and telling him he was his friend, and his father's friend, bade him go into the ring and call for a lilt.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 368
3. A cheerful or melodious accent or style in speaking.
   • The two works have the attractive lilt of Middle English, with all the remedies for bites of serpents and cures for eye troubles of the day.1978, Keith Vincent Smith, The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, page 23, column 2

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