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Definition & Synonyms
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• Lyrid
- (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
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• Lyric
- (n.) The words of a song.
- (n.) A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
- (a.) Alt. of Lyrical
- (n.) A composer of lyric poems.
- (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Synonyms:
Language, Lyrical,
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• Lyra
- (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
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• Lyrated
- (a.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
- (a.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
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• Lyrist
- (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.
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• Lyraid
- (n.) Same as Lyrid.
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• Lyrically
- (adv.) In a lyrical manner.
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• Lyrism
- (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
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• Lyrical
- (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
Synonyms:
Lyric,
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• Lyriferous
- (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
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