doggerel
pronunciation
How to pronounce doggerel in British English:
UK [ˈdɒgərəl]
How to pronounce doggerel in American English:
US [ˈdɔgərəl]
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- Noun:
- a comic verse of irregular measure
Word Origin
- doggerel
- late 14c. (adj.); 1630s (n.), "Any rhyming verse in which the meter is forced into metronomic regularity by the stressing of normally unstressed syllables and in which rhyme is forced or banal" [Miller Williams, "Patterns of Poetry"]. probably from dog (n.) + pejorative suffix -rel and applied to bad poetry perhaps with a suggestion of puppyish clumsiness, or being fit only for dogs. Attested as a surname from mid-13c., but the sense is not evident.
Example
- 1. Application of doggerel in studing physics .
- 2. Larkin himself was aware of this , entitling one series " dances in doggerel " .
- 3. Characteristic contrast between chinese " doggerel " and japanese " mad poem "
- 4. A few lines of rhyming doggerel don 't count as poetry .
- 5. At that time , our local doggerel praise : " the eastern princes , vibration , nango , three opera bangzi opera , two drama to stay away , a drama vibration home . "