clerihew

Definitions


[ˈklɛrɪhjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person


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Origin:
1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it




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