limerickとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/

名詞

limerick (複数形 limericks)

1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
   • Description of the limerick in limerick form:

     The limerick, it would appear,
     Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear;
     Two long and two short
     Lines rhymed, as was taught,
     And a fifth just to bring up the rear.

   • 2006 May 24, Rhonda Smiley, “Sis-KaBOOM-Bah!”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Jerry Lewis and Samantha “Sam” (Adrian Truss かつ Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

     Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy.
     Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?

Further reading

• Limerick (poetry) on Wikipedia.
• Limerick (song) on Wikipedia.
• Limerick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.

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