I. ˈmelik adjective
Etymology: Latin melicus, from Greek melikos, from melos song + -ikos -ic — more at melody
1. : of or belonging to song : designed to be sung : lyric
2. : being or relating to Greek poetry essentially lyrical and musical in character following the elegiac and iambic poetry of the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. and including monodic poetry (as in Sappho) closely akin to the modern lyric and choral poetry (as in Pindar)
II. noun
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: melic poetry