limerick

Etymology
From the Irish town name,.

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.
 * 2) * Description of the limerick in limerick form:
 * 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 五行打油詩
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: limeriko
 * Finnish: limerikki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: limra
 * Irish: luimneach
 * Japanese: リメリック
 * Polish: limeryk
 * Portuguese: limerique
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: quintilla
 * Swedish:

Etymology
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Noun

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