English Dictionary

limerick

/ˈlɪməɹɪk/

noun

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

I wrote a funny limerick for the talent show.

意味（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,

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.