doggrel

Variant of doggerel

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)

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