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Limerick

//ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Ireland. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city in County Limerick. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of Irish Luimneach.

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