lyrˇic (lrk)
adj.
1. a.Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
b.Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode.
c.Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
2.Lyrical.
3.Music.
a.Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range.
b.Of, relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera: the lyric stage.
c.Having a pleasing succession of sounds; melodious.
d.Of or relating to the lyre or harp.
e.Appropriate for accompaniment by the lyre.
n.
1.A lyric poem.
2.Music. The words of a song. Often used in the plural.
[French lyrique, of a lyre, from Old French, from Latin lyricus, from Greek lurikos, from lura, lyre.]
Source: American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition | 
