doggerel
doggerel
Definition
dog·gerel (dôg′ər əl)
noun
- trivial, awkward, often comic verse characterized by a monotonous rhythm
- any trivial or bad poetry
Etymology: ME dogerel (Chaucer), prob. < It doga, barrel stave, but infl. by dog as in dog Latin: parallel with Ger knüttelvers, lit., cudgel verse, Prov bastonnet, little stick, type of verse
doggerel
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- write: He lives in Edinburgh with ( of 6 ) one child still at home; and enjoys singing, sketching and writing doggerel.
- sing: They have told me since that I was singing some insane doggerel about " The Last Man Left Alive!
Modifies a noun
- verse: Then, once there, Barlow can only write two doggerel verses commemorating his " friend's " life.
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