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clerihews

clerihews is the plural of clerihew.

Meaning of clerihew

Noun

clerihew (plural clerihews)

  1. A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
    • CLERIHEW CONTEST. CNV announces a clerihew contest, with the best examples to be published in this newsletter.1984, Cum Notis Variorum: The Newsletter of the Music Library, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.: Music Library, University of California, Berkeley, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 115

Noun capitalized: Clerihews

Clerihews

  1. (plural) plural of Clerihew. (Alternative letter-case form of clerihews.)

Forms of clerihews

alternative formClerihews

Questions about clerihews

What is clerihews the plural of?
Clerihews is the plural of clerihew.
What part of speech is clerihews?
Clerihews is a noun.

Words near clerihews in the dictionary

  1. clericocracy
  2. clerics
  3. clerid
  4. clerids
  5. clerihew
  6. clerihews
  7. clerisies
  8. clerisy
  9. clerite
  10. Clerith
  11. clerk

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