limer|ick

limer|ick «LIHM uhr ihk, LIHM rihk», noun.

a kind of humorous verse of five lines. Example:

“There was a young lady from Lynn

Who was so exceedingly thin

That when she essayed

To drink lemonade

She slid down the straw and fell in.”

A limerick has a rhyme scheme with lines 1, 2, and 5 having three feet, and 3 and 4 having two feet.

╂[apparently from a song that mentioned Limerick, a county and city in Ireland]