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

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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

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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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