clerihews

Meaning of clerihews

plural 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 clerihews

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of clerihews is: clerihew.
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Hyphenation of clerihews

cler-i-hews

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • clerihews is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with clerihews

hews, chews, eschews, fitchews, rechews, spanghews, roughhews, grandnephews, morphews, nephews, phews, cashews, foreshews, shews, Mathews, Matthews, thews, whews

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