Definitions for lyricism

lyricism lyr·i·cism

Spelling: [lir-uh-siz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈlɪr əˌsɪz əm/

Lyricism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in lyricism (ciilmrsy).

Definitions for lyricism

noun

  1. lyric character or style, as in poetry.
  2. lyric feeling; enthusiasm, especially when unrestrained or exaggerated.

Origin of lyricism

First recorded in 1750-60; lyric + -ism

Examples for lyricism

Moreover, the lyricism of the Fontainebleau painters was not in him.

lyricism in France is a new faculty; I believe that the education of the Jesuits has been a considerable misfortune to letters.

But there is good verbalism, distinct from lyricism or imagism, and in this Laforgue is a master.

He was the master of the nuance, and the nuance was his lyricism, his special gift, his genius.

For whenever the scene does not admit of a directly ethical interpretation, refuge is invariably taken in lyricism.

We are grateful for his lyricism and for his exquisite goldsmithery.

They are the affirmation and the denial of life, its Yes and its No, its irony and its lyricism.

The lyricism of the evening was in the cellar at present, and was not to be drawn from that retreat just yet.

But the lyricism of Tennyson, the music of Tennyson, is as real now as it was then.

Otherwise there is only a faculty for lyricism, and that exists everywhere.

Word Value for lyricism
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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