Clerihew

Word CLERIHEW
Character 8
Hyphenation clerihew
Pronunciations /ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuː/

Definitions and meanings of "Clerihew"

What do we mean by clerihew?

A humorous verse consisting of two rhymed couplets in lines of irregular length, usually about a person whose name serves as one of the rhymes. noun

A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person. noun

A rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. noun

A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person noun

A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.

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The word "clerihew" in example sentences

Paul Griffin describes A Christmas Carol in a clerihew that has as its first quatrain: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Note that the Dennis family has moved out of the district on account of pressure brought to bear on their children, mostly in the schools and some of it from teachers and coaches. clerihew replied to comment from Marion Delgado ❋ Unknown (2010)

Is the leading of fashion. mike replied to comment from clerihew ❋ Unknown (2010)

J.R.R. Tolkien perfectly summed up the critical reaction to his fiction in a clerihew: ❋ Superversive (2007)

But one thing is certain: counting hands is a medieval way to resolve that question, relying more on the concept of ‘might makes right’ than any rationality or logic. clerihew replied to comment from Chip Poirot ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wrote this clerihew about a week ago, but hesitated in posting it. ❋ Joshenglish (2007)

I was therefore already familiar with the categorical imperative, not least in Auden's rather fine clerihew: ❋ Glyn Moody (2007)

July 10 is Clerihew Day, marking the birth date in 1875 of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the British writer who invested a four-line rhyming verse, usually biographical in nature and resembling a limerick, that came to be known as a “clerihew.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Bentley composed the first clerihew about Sir Humphrey Davy, the chemist credited with isolating and naming aluminum. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This blog uses a clerihew of mine about Dorothy Parker. ❋ Desayunoencama (2004)

And it prompted the Toronto political writer Andrew Coyne to dust off the Edwardian form the clerihew: ❋ By BRIAN STELTER (2011)

Great guest clerihew: Kevin Spacey/Has a face we/All know from the big screen/Or if we dogwalk on the park green ❋ Unknown (2010)

Check out Miss Conduct's clerihew contest from last year (I got third place!) or our very own ❋ Fillyjonk (2009)

I started my clerihew Mona Lisa -- then came to a dead stop. ❋ Unknown (1984)

If clyster, clonic, chrestomathy, cidevant, clerihew, and clepsydra are "known to the average literate person," then I can only be thankful that VERBATIM is a quarterly so I'll have time to look up all the words. ❋ Unknown (1974)

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