Clerihew (noun)
kle-ri-hue
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.
Example sentences
“The gathering guffawed at the witty clerihews.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
