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