Clerihew
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clerihew is a noun meaning A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
Meaning
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
Example Sentences
CLERIHEW CONTEST. CNV announces a clerihew contest, with the best examples to be published in this newsletter.
He [Peter Warlock] was the writer of brilliant limericks and clerihews and had a fine line in barbed invective.
This form was initiated by Edmund Clerihew Bentley who throughout his life kept churning out Clerihews, the name they ultimately became known by; he had published three collections under the name E. Clerihew.
Among other clerihew writers one can find the name of J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and the most famous at present trilogy The Lord of the Ring[s] widely read and enjoyed by adults and children alike.
Word Forms
- clerihews
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circler, crambo, cleruch, cretic, clerick, kyrielle.
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