limeric

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.
   • 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.Description of the limerick in limerick form

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