Definitions for lyricist

lyricist lyr·i·cist

Spelling: [lir-uh-sist]
IPA: /ˈlɪr ə sɪst/

Lyricist is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in lyricist (ciilrsty).

Definitions for lyricist

noun

  1. a person who writes the lyrics for songs.
  2. a lyric poet.

Origin of lyricist

First recorded in 1880-85; lyric + -ist

Examples for lyricist

One of the many pleasures of the book is to see the lyricist frolic in another form.

To pass down in history as an exceptional beauty is to inspire art ideals and to furnish a theme for the lyricist.

Subjective this poet may be—is it not a virtue in the lyricist?

lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.

No one wrote about this subject in a way children could understand better than the famous American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.

Word Value for lyricist
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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