LIMERICK


Meaning of LIMERICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈli-mə-rik, ˈlim-rik ]

noun

Etymology: Limerick, Ireland

Date: 1896

: a light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba

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