Where does “Limerick” come from?
Limerick comes from Irish Luimneach, derived from Irish lom na n-each, meaning "bare place of horses."
Limerick (English): A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence
Definitions
- A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence
Ancestry of “Limerick”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Luimneach | — |
| 2 | Irish | lom na n-each | grassless of the horses |