lyrical (redirected from waxed lyrical)

lyr·i·cal  (lr-kl)

adj.

1.

a. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography.

b. Highly enthusiastic; rhapsodic: gave a lyrical description of her experiences in the South Seas.

2. Lyric.

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lyri·cal·ly adv.

lyri·cal·ness n.

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lyrical [ˈlɪrɪk^əl]

adj

1. (Music, other) (Literature / Poetry) another word for lyric [1-3]

2. enthusiastic; effusive (esp in the phrase to wax lyrical)

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	lyrical - suitable for or suggestive of singing melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
	2.	lyrical - expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" lyric emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

Translations

lyrical [ˈlɪrɪkəl] ADJ (lit) → lírico (fig) → entusiasmado
to wax or become lyrical about or over sth → deshacerse en elogios a algo
he was waxing lyrical about my roast beef → se deshacía en elogios a mi rosbif, estaba entusiasmado con mi rosbif

lyrical [ˈlɪrɪk^əl] adj

(= poetical) → lyrique

to grow lyrical (= very enthusiastic) → devenir lyrique

lyrical

adj → lyrisch; (fig: = enthusiastic) → schwärmerisch; to wax lyrical about something → über etw (acc) → ins Schwärmen geraten

lyrical [ˈlɪrɪk/əl] adj → lirico/a (fig) → entusiasta
to wax or become lyrical about sth → infervorarsi a parlare di qc

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lyrical [ˈlɪrɪk/əl] adj → lirico/a (fig) → entusiasta
to wax or become lyrical about sth → infervorarsi a parlare di qc