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Definition of Lyrism
1. n. The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
Definition of Lyrism
1. Noun. The act of playing on a lyre or harp. ¹
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Definition of Lyrism
1. lyricism [n -S] - See also: lyricism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyrism
Literary usage of Lyrism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Literature of To-day: A Study of the Principal Romancers and Essayists by Yetta Blaze de Bury (1898)
"Whence the lyrism of Lamartine and the romanticism of Hugo. ... We regret, and
we rhyme our regret: it is an elegy." In lyrism it is ..."
2. History of Art by Elie Faure (1921)
"The deep lyrism of the soul subsides, there is need for ... external lyrism to
mask its exhaustion. It was enthusiasm that made the statue divine; ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It ¡я to be observed, none the less, that he is a great lyric poet, and that his
lyrism saturates his dramatic composition« from first to last. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"In view of Flaubert's rooted " lyrism " they urged him to choose a subject "
where lyrism would be so ridiculous that you would, perforce, have to control ..."
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