I. ˈlim(ə)rik, -rēk adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Limerick, city and county in southwest Ireland
1. : of or from the city of Limerick, Ireland : of the kind or style prevalent in Limerick
2. : of or from County Limerick, Ireland : of the kind or style prevalent in County Limerick
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from Limerick, Ireland; probably from its use by a group of Irish poets writing in Limerick in the 18th century
: a light verse form of 5 anapestic lines of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and rhyme and lines 3 and 4 are of 2 feet and rhyme
III. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Limerick, Ireland
: a fishhook of a shape first made in Ireland — see fishhook illustration