Limerick

Lim·er·ick  (lmr-k, lmrk)

A borough of southwest Ireland on the Shannon River estuary. It was an important Norse settlement in the 9th and 10th centuries and was taken by the English in the late 12th century. The city is noted for its fine lace. Population: 52,500.

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lim·er·ick  (lmr-k)

n.

A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba.

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[After Limerick.]

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limerick [ˈlɪmərɪk]

n

(Literature / Poetry) a form of comic verse consisting of five anapaestic lines of which the first, second, and fifth have three metrical feet and rhyme together and the third and fourth have two metrical feet and rhyme together

[allegedly from will you come up to Limerick?, a refrain sung between nonsense verses at a party]

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Limerick [ˈlɪmərɪk]

n

1. (Placename) a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in N Munster province: consists chiefly of an undulating plain with rich pasture and mountains in the south. County town: Limerick. Pop.: 165 042 (1996). Area: 2686 sq. km (1037 sq. miles)

2. (Placename) a port in SW Republic of Ireland, county town of Limerick, at the head of the Shannon estuary. Pop.: 52 039 (1996)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Limerick - port city in southwestern Ireland     Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
	2.	limerick - a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba rhyme, verse - a piece of poetry

Translations

limerick [ˈlɪmərɪk] n → limerick m

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limerick

n → Limerick m

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limerick

n limerick [ˈlimərik]

a type of humorous poem with five lines, the third and fourth lines being shorter than the others. bogrympie قَصيده خُماسِيَّه تَحْكي قِصَّه هَزْلِيَّه вид хумористично петостишие druh žertovné rýmovačky limerick der Limerik κωμικό πεντάστιχο quintilla humorística limerik شعر غیر مسجع پنج بندی limerikki poème humoristique חַמשִיר तुक्तक vrsta šaljive pjesmice limerick puisi lucu limra limerick, (poesia scherzosa di cinque versi) 五行戯詩 5행 희시(戱詩) limerikas, humoristinis eilėraštis humoristisks [] dzejolis limerik limerick limerick limeryk poema limerick, poezie umo­ris­tică лимерик druh žartovnej rýmovačky na päť riadkov šaljiva pesem šaljiva pesmica limerick กลอนตลก beş dizeli nükteli şiir; hicviye 五行打油詩 жартівливий вірш پانچ پانچ مصرعوں کے بندوں پر مشتمل ایک مزاحیہ نظم thể thơ hài hước năm câu 五行打油诗