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- DictionaryLimerick/ˈlɪm(ə)rɪk/
- 1. a town on the River Shannon in the west of the Republic of Ireland; population 52,539 (2006).
- 2. a county of the Republic of Ireland, in the west of the province of Munster.
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Definition of Limerick. A limerick is a poem that consists of five lines in a single stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. Most limericks are intended to be humorous, and many are considered bawdy, suggestive, or downright indecent. The subject of limericks is generally trivial or silly in nature.
noun [ C ] us / ˈlɪm·ər·ɪk / Add to word list. a humorous poem with five lines, the first two lines having the same final sound as the last line. (Definition of limerick from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of limerick. limerick.
A limerick (/ ˈ l ɪ m ər ɪ k / LIM-ər-ik) is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses.
The meaning of LIMERICK is 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.
4 days ago · limerick, a popular form of short, humorous verse that is often nonsensical and frequently ribald. It consists of five lines, rhyming aabba. The dominant meter is anapestic, with two metrical feet (or stresses) in the third and fourth lines and three feet in the others.
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Limerick definition: a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.. See examples of LIMERICK used in a sentence.
What is a Limerick? A limerick (pronounced LIM-rick) is a five-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA, lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme together, while lines 3 and 4 rhymes togther) and a reasonably strict meter (anapestic triameter for lines 1, 2, and 5; anapestic diameter for lines 3 and 4).
