A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].
Verbeter jou uitspraak
Oefen om " limerick " en baie ander woorde en sinne in Engels .