limerick

/ˈlɪməɹɪk/

IPA: /L IH1 M ER0 IH0 K/

noun
  1. 1

    A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.

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