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n. - Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm; The property of being suitable for singing.

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  • But then, I am notably lacking in lyricism, myself.
  • All that's left is a pained lyricism, which is sometimes brilliant, but can also feel so self-regarding and wet.
  • His "lyricism" is by no means what we understand by that term.
  • "What could we have sent?" he went on, in the kind of lyricism Danes fall into when discussing the mermaid.
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