Limerick word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "limerick" word

[noun] a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
[noun] port city in southwestern Ireland

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\Lim"er*ick\, n. [Said to be from a song with the same verse construction, current in Ireland, the refrain of which contains the place name Limerick.] A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as There was a young lady, Amanda, Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de Si[`e]cle, I deem But her Journal Intime Was what sent her papa to Uganda.

Related terms: alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew, dirge, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, georgic, ghazel, haiku, Horatian ode, idyll, Italian sonnet, jingle, lyric, madrigal, monody, narrative poem, nursery rhyme, ode, palinode, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela, pastourelle, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, poem, prothalamium, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, Sapphic ode, satire, sestina, Shakespearean sonnet, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnody, triolet, troubadour poem, verse, verselet, versicle, villanelle, virelay

The fun area, different aproach to word »limerick«

Let's analyse "limerick" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KCIREMIL. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. .. -- . .-. .. -.-. -.-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: limerick: 9 + 5 + 9 = 23, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: limerick: 3 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 2 = 44, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
K (1)	11	Justice	Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong

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