Definition: (1) poetic, musical, song-like; (2) characteristic of high, light, and flexible qualities; (3) expressive of feeling and emotion, especially spontaneous enthusiasm; exuberant, rhapsodic
Derivation: Greek, “singing to the lyre”
Quote: Without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core of a person. — Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883) Indian social reformer