LIMERICK
\lˈɪməɹˌɪk], \lˈɪməɹˌɪk], \l_ˈɪ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_k]\
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A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --There was a young lady, Amanda,/Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de/Si/cle, I deem/But her Journal Intime/Was what sent her papa to Uganda.//
By Oddity Software
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A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --There was a young lady, Amanda,/Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de/Si/cle, I deem/But her Journal Intime/Was what sent her papa to Uganda.//
By Noah Webster.
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.