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doggerel(dictionary)

doggerel (iou)



doggerel adjective & noun. . LME.
[App. from DOG noun & adjective (with contempt. force as in dog Latin): see -REL.]
A. adjective. Of verse: burlesque and composed in irregular rhythm; trivial, paltry; undignified. LME.
Baroness Orczy His doggerel verse, 'We seek him here, we seek him there,' etc.
b. noun. Burlesque verse in irregular rhythm; (a specimen of) trivial or pedestrian verse. M17.
doggerelize verb trans. turn into doggerel E19.
doggerelizer noun a writer of doggerel E19.