clerihew

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person

Etymology

Named after English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), who invented the rhyme.

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