DOGGEREL

doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle

(noun) a comic verse of irregular measure; “he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

doggerel (not comparable)

(poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)

Noun

doggerel (countable and uncountable, plural doggerels)

(poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Dog"ger*el, a. Etym: [OE. dogerel.]

Definition: Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.

Dog"ger*el, n.

Definition: A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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