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Synonyms for lilt

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lilt
Phonetic Transcription : lɪlt

Définition of lilt

Origin :
  • 1510s, "to lift up" (the voice), probably from late 14c. West Midlands dialect lulten "to sound an alarm," of unknown origin. Possible relatives include Norwegian lilla "to sing" and Low German lul "pipe." It is possible that the whole loose group is imitative. Sense of "sing in a light manner" is first recorded 1786. Related: Lilted; lilting. As a noun, 1728, "lilting song," from the verb. As "rhythmical cadence," 1840.
  • noun song
Example sentences :
  • Was that indeed the end of it all, of the hope, the lilt, the glory?
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • That the fisherman's daughter with the Island lilt in her voice—well he recalled it!
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • No one who can play dance music with that lilt can be as cold as a stone—.
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • Through the window came to him the lilt of the fresh young voice.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • (Twig to the lilt, I have got it all right)Sleep, little babe, sleep on!
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Perhaps it was the lilt of a Gaelic song in these pages that brought a sorrow on me.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • He couldn't understand the song, though the lilt of the words captured him.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • They have a lilt of their own that is incompatible with ordinary music.
  • Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
  • After that there was music, and the dances of old Ireland—the reel and the lilt.
  • Extract from : « The Irish Twins » by Lucy Fitch Perkins
  • There are no words but the lilt up and down of the boys' tenor voices.
  • Extract from : « Hymen » by Hilda Doolittle

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