limeric

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A form of limerick — A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

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Meanings

nounlimeric (plural limerics)

plural limerics

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of limerick.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

elmiric
Cite this entry
APA

limeric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limeric

MLA

“limeric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limeric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limeric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limeric.

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