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Word: Clerihew
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈklɛrɪhjuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.
Short Definition:short comic or nonsensical verse
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