clerihew

Meaning of clerihew

noun

a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.

1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley (see Bentley, Edmund Clerihew), who invented it.

Information about clerihew

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of clerihew is: clerihews.
  • Languages ​​in which clerihew is used:

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Hyphenation of clerihew

cler-i-hew

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • clerihew is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with clerihew

No rhymes for clerihew found