Limerick
Pronunciation : Lim"er*ick, n. [Said to be from a song with the same verse construction, current in Ireland
Part of Speech : the
Definition : Defn: 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?cle, I deem But her Journal Intime Was what sent her papa to Uganda.
refrain of which contains the place name Limerick.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913