Clerihew Definition

klĕrə-hyo͝o
noun
A humorous, quasi-biographical poem made up of two rhymed couplets with lines of varying length and meter.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Clerihew

Noun

Singular:
clerihew
Plural:
clerihews

Origin of Clerihew

  • After Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), British writer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley

    From Wiktionary

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