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Doggerel

Doggerel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Doggerel? [n] a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Doggerel: doggerel verse \| jingle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Doggerel: amphigory \| barbaric \| barbarous \| burlesque \| cacophonous \| caricatural \| clumsy \| coarse \| crambo \| crambo clink \| crude \| Doric \| dysphemistic \| farcical \| graceless \| gross \| halting meters \| harsh \| Hudibrastic verse \| improper \| impure \| in bad taste \| inconcinnate \| inconcinnous \| incorrect \| indecorous \| inelegant \| infelicitous \| lame verses \| limping meters \| low \| macaronic \| macaronic verse \| macaronics \| nonsense verse \| outlandish \| parodic \| rude \| satiric \| tasteless \| uncourtly \| uncouth \| undignified \| uneuphonious \| unfelicitous \| ungraceful \| unpolished \| unrefined \| unseemly \| vulgar See Also \| rhyme \| verse Doggerel In Webster's Dictionary \Dog"gerel\, a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer. \Dog"gerel\, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. -- Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. --Macaulay.

Doggerel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Doggerel?

[n] a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Doggerel: doggerel verse | jingle

See Also | rhyme | verse

Doggerel In Webster's Dictionary

\Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.]
Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

      This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer.


\Dog"ger*el\, n.
A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified
poetry.

      Doggerel like that of Hudibras.          -- Addison.

      The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed
      his reverence for the brave sufferers.   --Macaulay.

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