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doggerel Definition

dog·gerel (dôg′ər əl)

noun

  1. trivial, awkward, often comic verse characterized by a monotonous rhythm
  2. 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

adjective

designating or of such verse
Also doggrel dog′·grel (dôg′rəl)
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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