Main Entry:

lim·er·ick

Pronunciation:

\ˈli-mə-rik, ˈlim-rik\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Limerick, Ireland

Date:

1896

: a light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba