limerick

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See also: Limerick

English

WOTD – 17 March 2007

Etymology

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
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Noun

limerick (plural limericks)

  1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
    • Description of the limerick in limerick form:
      The limerick, it would appear,
      Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear;
      Two long and two short
      Lines rhymed, as was taught,
      And a fifth just to bring up the rear.
    • 2006 May 24, Rhonda Smiley, “Sis-KaBOOM-Bah!”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Jerry Lewis and Samantha “Sam” (Adrian Truss and Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
      Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy.
      Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?

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French

Noun

limerick m (plural limericks)

  1. limerick

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Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English limerick.

Noun

limerick c

  1. a limerick

Declension

Declension of limerick 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative limerick limericken limerickar limerickarna
Genitive limericks limerickens limerickars limerickarnas

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