poorly written poetry; amusing poetry
humorous, comic, marked by inferiority (of verse)
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Doggerel Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
(a.)
Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLow in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
doggerel
\dog"ger*el\ (?), a. [oe. dogerel.] low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. this may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- chaucer.
doggerel
\dog"ger*el\, n. a sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. doggerel like that of hudibras. -- addison. the ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers.
Rhosb = n. a whim, a trick; a doggerel
Rhosbai = n. a doggerel rhymster
trivial, inartistic or poorly constructed verse, often of a burlesque or comic sort; jingle.poor verse
***Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel.
***Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel.
Noun
1. a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
(synonym) doggerel verse, jingle
(hypernym) verse, rhyme
Doggerel Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Doggerel is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. The word probably derived from dog, suggesting either ugliness, puppyish clumsiness, or unpalatability (as in food fit only for dogs). "Doggerel" is attested to have been used as an adjective since the fourteenth century and a noun since at least 1630.
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