cler|i|hew

cler|i|hew: cler|i|hew «KLEHR uh hyoo», noun.

a humorous jingle in four lines, supposedly biographical. Example: “Sir Christopher Wren Said "I'm going to dine with some men. If anybody calls Say I'm designing St. Paul's.' ”

╂[< Edmund Clerihew Bentley, 1875-1956, an English writer, who devised the form]

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cler — chron·i·cler; cler·gy; cler·gy·able; cler·gy·man; cler·gy·woman; cler·i·cal·ism; cler·i·cal·ist; cler·i·cal·i·ty; cler·i·cal·ize; cler·i·ca·ture; cler·id; cler·i·dae; cler·i·hew; cler·i·sy; cler·mont fer·rand; con·ven·ti·cler; cy·cler;… … English syllables
hew — clam·e·hew·it; cler·i·hew; hew·er; hew·ett·ite; hew·gag; hew·let; spang·hew; hew; … English syllables
clerihew — cler·i·hew … English syllables
clerihew — cler•i•hew [[t]ˈklɛr əˌhyu[/t]] n. pro a verse form in two couplets, usu. lampooning a person named in the first line • Etymology: 1925–30; after E. Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), English writer, its inventor … From formal English to slang

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