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
limerick (plural limericks)
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9β9β6β6β9 cadence.
• Description of the limerick in limerick form
• rice milk
Limerick
A county of Ireland.
A city in Limerick
• 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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins