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limerick - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

limerick (plural limericks)

• A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
  • 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.
  • ✤ Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy.
    Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?¹

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
• Audio (US): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2006 May 24, Rhonda Smiley, “Sis-KaBOOM-Bah!”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Jerry Lewis and Samantha “Sam” (Adrian Truss and Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon: ↩

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