Word of the Day – Clerihew

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.”