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lilt(2)(dictionary)
lilt(dictionary)

lilt (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: lilt 'to sing cheerfully or with a lilt' (14-20 centuries)]
a pleasant pattern of rising and falling sound in someone's voice or in music
::the lilt of a Scottish accent
-- lilting adj
::a lilting melody