limerick

/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Luimneach.

name

  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A city in County Limerick.
  3. A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
  4. A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  5. A place in the United States:; A town in York County, Maine.
  6. A place in the United States:; A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

noun

  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.“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.”