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Definition of Limerick

1. Noun. Port city in southwestern Ireland.

2. Noun. A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba.

Definition of Limerick

1. n. A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --

There was a young lady, Amanda,
Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de
Siècle, I deem
But her Journal Intime
Was what sent her papa to Uganda.

Definition of Limerick

1. a humorous verse [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limerick

limelights limelit limen limen Limenitis Limenitis archippus Limenitis arthemis Limenitis astyanax Limenitis camilla limens

limen insulae limen nasi limepit limepits limerence limerick (current term) limericks limes limes limestone

limestones limestone fern limestone salamander limewash limewater limewaters limey limeys Lime disease spirochete lime hydrate

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