I. lyr ‧ ic 1 /ˈlɪrɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: lyrique 'of a lyre' , from Latin , from Greek , from lyra ; ⇨ ↑ lyre ]
expressing strong personal emotions such as love, in a way that is similar to music in its sounds and ↑ rhythm :
Wordsworth was one of the greatest lyric poets of his time.
II. lyric 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . lyrics [plural] the words of a song:
He wrote some great music, but the lyrics weren’t that good.
2 . ( also ˌlyric ˈpoem ) [countable] technical a poem, usually a short one, written in a lyric style