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nonlyric

nonlyric adjective: not lyric.

Adjective

nonlyric (not comparable)

  1. Not lyric.
    • Second, the nonlyric poetry from the same period is available elsewhere, and perhaps of more interest for its historical value than for the quality of the poetry itself.1991, Diane J. Rayor, Sappho's lyre: archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece, page 2

Origin of nonlyric

From non- + lyric.

Questions about nonlyric

What does nonlyric mean?
Nonlyric means not lyric.
What part of speech is nonlyric?
Nonlyric is an adjective.

Words near nonlyric in the dictionary

  1. nonlymphocytic
  2. nonlymphoid
  3. nonlymphomatous
  4. nonlymphopenic
  5. nonlymphoproliferative
  6. nonlyric
  7. nonlyrical
  8. nonlysed
  9. nonlysine
  10. nonlysogenic
  11. nonlysosomal

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