[f1shy]

Absolutely no. It may have specific syntax, but is not needed. Where do you have such definition? In fact the typical example is in Lisps, where you add no syntax.

Is not about fancy functions. And not about new syntax. Is about adding semantic value. If somebody adds a collection of functions that allow the expression of solutions to a problem in the very language of the problem, that is a DSL, if the syntax chosen, for whatever reason, e.g. simplicity, happens to be the same as some underlying language, that takes nothing to the fact that it is a DSL.

If you look at the examples of SICP, they are “just” fancy functions. But they are DSLs

An extract of the wikipedia article:

As embedded domain-specific language (eDSL)[4] also known as an internal domain-specific language, is a DSL that is implemented as a library in a "host" programming language. The embedded domain-specific language leverages the syntax, semantics and runtime environment (sequencing, conditionals, iteration, functions, etc.) and adds domain-specific primitives that allow programmers to use the "host" programming language to create programs that generate code in the "target" programming language.