Lyricism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Great enthusiasm. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm wordnet
  3. 3
    The emotional style of lyric poetry. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the property of being suitable for singing wordnet
  5. 5
    Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics. countable, uncountable

    "This is an album whose most memorable songs are definitely its strangest. Most ambitious of all perhaps is Dark Ballet, a long concept-song about Joan of Arc in which the lyricism of the piano lines startles. Madonna herself is heavily Auto-tuned, mumbling stuff about being a witch; she seems to blow on the flames of a pyre."

Etymology

From lyric + -ism.

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