limerick
Meaning
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
Translations
Limerick
limerick
αστείο πεντάστιχο
limerick
limerick
poema humorístico
limerick
ليمريك
bir
limerickFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
Etymology
From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].
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