limerick

WOTD - 17 March 2007    

See also Limerick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪmərɪk/

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Noun

limerick (plural limericks)

1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence.

Translations

rhyming verse of five lines

Dutch: limerick (nl) Finnish: limerikki (fi) Icelandic: limra f. Irish: luimneach (ga) m.

Mandarin: 打油詩 (cmn) Polish: limeryk m. Russian: лимерик (ru) (límerik) m.

External links

• Limerick (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (poetry)
• Limerick (song) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (song)
• Limerick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Limerick (disambiguation)