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LIMERICK
limerick
(noun) a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
Limerick
(noun) port city in southwestern Ireland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
limerick (plural limericks)
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.
• Description of the limerick in limerick form
Anagrams
• rice milk
Etymology
Proper noun
Limerick
A county of Ireland.
A city in Limerick
Anagrams
• rice milk
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"er*ick, n. [Said to be from a song with the same verse construction, current in Ireland, the refrain of which contains the place name Limerick.]
Definition: A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --
There was a young lady, Amanda, Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de Siècle, I deem But her Journal Intime Was what sent her papa to Uganda.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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