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lyrism

lyrism noun: the act of playing on a lyre or harp.

Noun

lyrism (countable and uncountable, plural lyrisms)

  1. (archaic) The 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

Forms of lyrism

plurallyrisms

Origin of lyrism

From lyre + -ism.

Questions about lyrism

What does lyrism mean?
Lyrism means the act of playing on a lyre or harp.
What part of speech is lyrism?
Lyrism is a noun.
What is the plural of lyrism?
The plural of lyrism is lyrisms.

Words near lyrism in the dictionary

  1. lyriferous
  2. lyrifissure
  3. lyrifissures
  4. lyriform
  5. lyring
  6. lyrism
  7. lyrisms
  8. lyrist
  9. lyrists
  10. lys
  11. lysability

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