doggerel

[ daw-ger-uhl, dog-er- ]
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adjective
  1. (of verse)

    • comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure.

    • rude; crude; poor.

noun
  1. doggerel verse.

Origin of doggerel

1
1350–1400; Middle English; see dog, -rel; cf. dog Latin
  • Also dog·grel [daw-gruhl, dog-ruhl]. /ˈdɔ grəl, ˈdɒg rəl/.

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How to use doggerel in a sentence

  • The Atlantic cable was a theme of inspiration for innumerable sermons and a prodigious quantity of doggerel.

British Dictionary definitions for doggerel

doggerel

dogrel (ˈdɒɡrəl)

/ (ˈdɒɡərəl) /


noun
    • comic verse, usually irregular in measure

    • (as modifier): a doggerel rhythm

  1. nonsense; drivel

Origin of doggerel

1
C14 dogerel worthless, perhaps from dogge dog

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