CLERIHEW


Meaning of CLERIHEW in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' kler-i- ˌ hyü, ' kle-ri-

Function: noun

Etymology: Edmund Clerihew Bentley † 1956 English writer

Date: 1928

: a light verse quatrain rhyming aabb and usually dealing with a person named in the initial rhyme

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