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A humorous verse, usually consisting of two unmatched rhyming couplets, about a person whose name generally serves as one of the rhymes.

[After Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), British writer.]

clerihew [ˈklɛrɪˌhjuː]

(Literature / Poetry) a form of comic or satiric verse, consisting of two couplets of metrically irregular lines, containing the name of a well-known person

[named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), English writer who invented it]

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clerihew - a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person; "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"

rhyme, verse - a piece of poetry

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clerihew

n → Clerihew nt, → witziger Vierzeiler

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Bentley rhyme verse			He infused light verse forms such as limericks, clerihews, and acrostics with his own ribald wit, and he invented a form of his own called the Meta-Four. Jonathan Williams, mountain poet, dies at 79 by Cory, Jim / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide In addition to articles published in literary and specialist magazines, Nick has written biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Matthew Arnold, Aldous Huxley, Kafka and others, as well as contributions to the humorous compilation, Other People's Clerihews. That's the spirit; The distinguished writer returned to the great ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) In addition to Bentley, Chesterton, and Auden, many other people have written clerihews over the years, some of them poets, some not. Clerihews: a personal history by Stearns, Rollin / Word Ways			clepe Clepsine clepsydra clept cleptomania cleptophobia clerestory Clergeon Clergial Clergical clergy Clergyable clergyman clergywoman cleric clerical clerical collar clericalism clericalist clericals Clericity clerid clerid beetle Cleridae clerihew Clerihews clerisy clerk Clerk of the pells clerk of the works clerk of works Clerk-ale Clerkage Clerkery clerkess clerking Clerkless Clerklike Clerkliness clerkly clerkship Clermont-Ferrand cleromancy Cleronomy Clerstory cleruchy Cletch Clethra Clethra alnifolia Clethraceae Clethrionomys			Clerical workers Clerical workers Clerical workers in the United States Clerical workers in the United States Clerical workers in the United States Clerical workers in the United States clericalism clericalism clericalism clericalist clericalist clericalist clericalists clericalists clerically clerically clericals clericals Clericity Clerics Clerics of St. Viator Clerics Regular of St. Paul Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, Piarist Fathers Clericus, Johannes clerid clerid beetle Cleridae Cleridae clerihew clerihew Clerihews Clerinet Clerinet clerisy clerisy clerk clerk clerk clerk clerk Clerk in Charge clerk in holy orders clerk in holy orders clerk in holy orders clerk in holy orders Clerk of Court Revenue Remittance System Clerk of Courts Clerk of the court Clerk of the pells Clerk of the Works Clerk of the Works Clerk of the Works Clerk of the Works Clerk of Works Clerk of Works Clerk of Works Clerk of Works Clerk of Works Clerk of Works Institute of Australia Clerk, John Clerk-ale

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