Limerickn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪm(ə)rɪk/, U.S.

/ˈlɪm(ə)rɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in sense 7.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Limerick.

Etymology: < Limerick (Irish Luimneach), the name of a city in the province of Munster, mid-west Ireland.In sense 7 apparently from a parlour game popular in the late 19th cent., in which each player recited a humorous extemporized verse of this type, which was followed by a sung chorus containing the phrase ‘Won't you come (up) to Limerick?’ (or variants of this). Compare:1879 Sporting Times 22 Feb. 1/2 Doesn't it seem to you that your acquaintance with nursery rhymes of an erotic character is very great?.. You had better bring over all your staff (except Miss Cobbe) here some fine Friday, and we will have a won't you come up, come up, oh, won't you come up to Limerick..of a high order.1880 St. John (New Brunswick) Daily News 30 Nov. 4/5 There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to [a] show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. Tune, wont [sic] you come to Limerick.1926 R. Kipling Propagation of Knowl. in Debits & Credits 298 ‘De tous ces defunts cockolores Le moral Fenelon. Michel Ange et Johnson (Le Docteur) sont les plus awful bores.’ To which Howell, wooingly, just above his breath: ‘Oh, won't you come up, come up?’

I. Compounds.

1. Limerick glove n. now historical a style of tight-fitting glove made from the very fine skin of (often unborn) calves, kids, or lambs, typically being cream or pale yellow in colour and originally produced in Limerick; cf. chicken-skin glove.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves

buckskin1481

shiverines1598

chevrona1670

kid1682

Limerick glove1782

gant de suede1832

kid glove1832

Limerick1834

owl-catchers1879

Swedish glove1885

1782 Morning Herald 26 Jan. (advt.) Limerick Gloves, of various colours.

1827 T. H. Shepherd Metrop. Improv. ii. 56 A wide gravel walk, as yellow and as smooth as a Limerick glove.

1842 J. P. Lawson Gazetteer Ireland 607/2 The glove trade..has now declined, and those articles sold as Limerick gloves are actually manufactured at Cork.

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume Limerick gloves, 2nd half 18th and 1st half 19th c...made of very fine leather, said to be made from the skins of unborn lambs.

2019 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Mar. A pair of 19th-century Limerick gloves worn by Queen Victoria.

2. Angling. As a modifier. Designating a type of hook used in fly fishing, having a bend that follows an almost exponential curve from its beginning behind the barb to the point at which it continues as the straight shank. Also: designating this particular bend or pattern of fish hook. Frequently in Limerick hook.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook

pin-hook1755

Kirby1804

Limerick1810

sneck-bend1816

Limerick1835

sniggle1837

Aberdeen1845

Aberdeen hook1846

sockdolager1848

Sproat bend1867

squid-jigger1875

Sproat1876

squid jig1883

snag-hook1936

1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. at Europe Limerick or Irish hooks, are small and thin with a peculiar curve; they are dearer than the common ones... In the English manufactories, the same sort of hooks are made, and called Limerick hooks.

1828 H. Davy Salmonia 141 I have even made a hook, which..I think, I could boast as equal to the Limerick hooks.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 235/1 The round-bend hook is that which is most used in England, the Limerick pattern being chiefly in vogue in Ireland.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling 410 Hooks are of various forms... We have the Limerick bend, the Carlisle or round bend, [etc.].

1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 2/2 He..picked out his lure without hesitation—a Number 5, Limerick-bend, double-hooked ‘Blue Charm’.

2019 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 54 Each rig comprises three quality limerick hooks, reflective holographic lure foils, red thread and green beads.

3. Limerick lace n. Lacemaking a type of lace originally produced in Limerick by embroidering decorative designs onto a base of machine-made net.Production of this type of lace was introduced to Limerick in 1829 by the English industrialist Charles Walker, who established a factory in the city to take advantage of the availability of cheap, skilled female labour created by a decline in the glove industry at this time (cf. sense 1). There are two main forms of Limerick lace: tambour lace, made by stretching net over a frame and drawing threads through it with a hook to create a chain-stitch outline, and needlerun lace, made by using a needle to embroider on a net background.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > made or originating in specific place

Flanders-laced1670

Chantilly1806

Limerick lace1839

Carrickmacross1861

Limerick1886

Binche1902

Teneriffe1907

1839 St. James's Chron. 17–19 Sept. Each must wear a bonnet trimmed with Limerick lace, and a pair of real Limerick gloves.

1905 N. H. Moore Lace Bk. 196 Limerick lace is a combination..of cut-work and embroidery, and hardly comes under our definition of lace.

1959 Times 21 Sept. 12/4 Her old family Limerick lace veil was held in place by a mother-of-pearl coronet.

2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Weekend section) 10 The Limerick lace she sewed into the dress she wore on your wedding day.

4. As a modifier (in Limerick rhyme, Limerick verse, etc.). Designating a five-line poem or stanza of the type described at sense 7. Now rare.

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1879 Oxf. & Cambr. Undergraduate's Jrnl. 20 Nov. 110/2 Every soul in the rooms has contributed his humble mite to that great resource of inventive talent—the Limerick rhymes.

1899 Literature 18 Mar. 284/2 I wrote some Limerick verses in dog Latin for my paper, signing them ‘K.R.’

1925 Daily News 1 Sept. 4/2 Mr. Harvey has written what is, so far as I know, the first serious poem in limerick stanzas.

1944 Rochdale Observer 5 Feb. 9/5 Are you good at ‘Limerick’ verses such as the above?

II. Simple uses.

†5. = Limerick glove n. at sense 1. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves

buckskin1481

shiverines1598

chevrona1670

kid1682

Limerick glove1782

gant de suede1832

kid glove1832

Limerick1834

owl-catchers1879

Swedish glove1885

1834 W. Hull Hist. Glove Trade 64 No glove ever exceeded in beauty the ‘Limerick’.

1847 Colburn's United Service Mag. Oct. 328 I stopped in Dame Street to buy a pair of Limericks.

1884 Hosier & Glover's Gaz. Jan. 9/1 Limerick, Dublin, and Cork were formerly celebrated for their gloves, which were known as ‘Irish’ and ‘Limericks’.

6. Angling. = Limerick hook at sense 2.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook

pin-hook1755

Kirby1804

Limerick1810

sneck-bend1816

Limerick1835

sniggle1837

Aberdeen1845

Aberdeen hook1846

sockdolager1848

Sproat bend1867

squid-jigger1875

Sproat1876

squid jig1883

snag-hook1936

1835 T. T. Stoddart Art of Angling in Scotl. iii. 16 O'Shaughnessy's Limericks..are not always exactly the thing, excepting those used for salmon..which are really excellent.

1956 L. V. Bates Artificial Flies iii. 55 The Limerick is probably stronger but the fine elegant proportions of the Dee hook make for better hooking.

1987 Pop. Mech. Jan. 90/1 (advt.) It includes hundreds of hooks in every shape and size you'll ever need—including ‘top of the line’ beauties like Aberdeens, American Kirbys, Limericks, Sproats and Carlisles.

7. A five-line poem, typically on a humorous or bawdy theme, with a rhyme scheme ‘aabba’, the first, second, and fifth lines each having three stressed syllables and the shorter third and fourth lines each having only two. Now chiefly with lower-case initial.The first line of a limerick traditionally introduces a person and a place, the place appearing at the end of the first line and establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines. In early limericks, the last line was often essentially a repeat of the first, although this is no longer customary.

This verse form first appeared in England in the early 18th cent. and was popularized by Edward Lear in the mid 19th cent., although he did not use the term.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [noun] > nonsense verse > limerick

nonsense versec1670

Limerick1885

1885 Sporting Times 4 July 1/4 A man..who would keep whispering Limericks to Roberts.

1896 A. Beardsley Let. c1 May (1971) 128 I have tried to amuse myself by writing limericks on my troubles.

1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza x.132 Abinger had no audience, but was reciting limericks: the Young Lady of Wick, the Old Man of Devizes, the Young Man called Maclean—a whole dictionary of national biography.

1964 Illustr. London News 29 Aug. 25/1 Edward Lear (1812–88) is well known for his nonsense verse and limericks.

2015 Daily Express 18 Sept. 19/4 The president passed at least some of the time while at a 1990 Paris conference writing ‘bawdy’ limericks about his fellow world leaders.

8. = Limerick lace n. at sense 3.

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1886 B. Lindsey Irish Lace ii. 9 A spirit of enterprise and commercial adventure..originated the Limerick manufacture.

1938 D. C. Preston Needle-made Laces & Net Embroideries iii. 41 It is the filling stitches in their infinite variety that give character to this type of lace. In needle-run Limerick they are freely used.

1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making iv. 35 This type of lace is made in all countries, including America and India. It is light, pretty and easy to produce. Limerick remains the finest of the kind.

2005 Lace Oct. 7/1 This year it is the turn of the Decorated Nets such as Carrickmacross, Limerick, Filet, and Needlerunning.

Phrases

U.S. colloquial. †to come to Limerick: to come to one's senses; to accept the inevitable, or the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. Now rare. [The origin of this phrase is uncertain: it has been suggested that it may have arisen with allusion to the Treaty of Limerick (Irish Conradh Luimnigh; signed 3 Oct. 1691), which ended the Williamite war in Ireland between supporters of the Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William of Orange, but evidence to support this is lacking. It is also unclear whether there is any connection with the song referred to in the etymology note.]

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1857 White Cloud Kansas Chief 17 Dec. The fire-eaters attempted to hiss and hoot him down, and threatened violence. But he drew his revolver, and made them ‘come to Limerick’.

1861 Kenosha (Wisconsin) Times 22 Aug. 2/7 (advt.) ‘Nice Young Men’ come to Limerick, or you will be brought there.

1879 Cincinnati Commercial 27 May 6/1 Just let them come to Limerick and transact business good-naturedly.

1909 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 22 Aug. 18/5 If, after a month, they had not come to limerick they got the writ [sc. of divorce].

1937 Comm. Advertiser (Canton, N.Y.) 10 Aug. 1/6 They would wrestle and perform acrobatic tricks, the dog now and then grasping one of the pigs by the ear and making him ‘come to Limerick’ though doing it in a manner that didn't hurt his pigship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	limerick
释义	Limerickn. Brit. /ˈlɪm(ə)rɪk/, U.S. /ˈlɪm(ə)rɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in sense 7. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Limerick. Etymology: < Limerick (Irish Luimneach), the name of a city in the province of Munster, mid-west Ireland.In sense 7 apparently from a parlour game popular in the late 19th cent., in which each player recited a humorous extemporized verse of this type, which was followed by a sung chorus containing the phrase ‘Won't you come (up) to Limerick?’ (or variants of this). Compare:1879 Sporting Times 22 Feb. 1/2 Doesn't it seem to you that your acquaintance with nursery rhymes of an erotic character is very great?.. You had better bring over all your staff (except Miss Cobbe) here some fine Friday, and we will have a won't you come up, come up, oh, won't you come up to Limerick..of a high order.1880 St. John (New Brunswick) Daily News 30 Nov. 4/5 There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to [a] show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. Tune, wont [sic] you come to Limerick.1926 R. Kipling Propagation of Knowl. in Debits & Credits 298 ‘De tous ces defunts cockolores Le moral Fenelon. Michel Ange et Johnson (Le Docteur) sont les plus awful bores.’ To which Howell, wooingly, just above his breath: ‘Oh, won't you come up, come up?’ I. Compounds. 1. Limerick glove n. now historical a style of tight-fitting glove made from the very fine skin of (often unborn) calves, kids, or lambs, typically being cream or pale yellow in colour and originally produced in Limerick; cf. chicken-skin glove. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves buckskin1481 shiverines1598 chevrona1670 kid1682 Limerick glove1782 gant de suede1832 kid glove1832 Limerick1834 owl-catchers1879 Swedish glove1885 1782 Morning Herald 26 Jan. (advt.) Limerick Gloves, of various colours. 1827 T. H. Shepherd Metrop. Improv. ii. 56 A wide gravel walk, as yellow and as smooth as a Limerick glove. 1842 J. P. Lawson Gazetteer Ireland 607/2 The glove trade..has now declined, and those articles sold as Limerick gloves are actually manufactured at Cork. 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume Limerick gloves, 2nd half 18th and 1st half 19th c...made of very fine leather, said to be made from the skins of unborn lambs. 2019 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Mar. A pair of 19th-century Limerick gloves worn by Queen Victoria. 2. Angling. As a modifier. Designating a type of hook used in fly fishing, having a bend that follows an almost exponential curve from its beginning behind the barb to the point at which it continues as the straight shank. Also: designating this particular bend or pattern of fish hook. Frequently in Limerick hook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook pin-hook1755 Kirby1804 Limerick1810 sneck-bend1816 Limerick1835 sniggle1837 Aberdeen1845 Aberdeen hook1846 sockdolager1848 Sproat bend1867 squid-jigger1875 Sproat1876 squid jig1883 snag-hook1936 1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. at Europe Limerick or Irish hooks, are small and thin with a peculiar curve; they are dearer than the common ones... In the English manufactories, the same sort of hooks are made, and called Limerick hooks. 1828 H. Davy Salmonia 141 I have even made a hook, which..I think, I could boast as equal to the Limerick hooks. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 235/1 The round-bend hook is that which is most used in England, the Limerick pattern being chiefly in vogue in Ireland. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling 410 Hooks are of various forms... We have the Limerick bend, the Carlisle or round bend, [etc.]. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 2/2 He..picked out his lure without hesitation—a Number 5, Limerick-bend, double-hooked ‘Blue Charm’. 2019 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 54 Each rig comprises three quality limerick hooks, reflective holographic lure foils, red thread and green beads. 3. Limerick lace n. Lacemaking a type of lace originally produced in Limerick by embroidering decorative designs onto a base of machine-made net.Production of this type of lace was introduced to Limerick in 1829 by the English industrialist Charles Walker, who established a factory in the city to take advantage of the availability of cheap, skilled female labour created by a decline in the glove industry at this time (cf. sense 1). There are two main forms of Limerick lace: tambour lace, made by stretching net over a frame and drawing threads through it with a hook to create a chain-stitch outline, and needlerun lace, made by using a needle to embroider on a net background. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > made or originating in specific place Flanders-laced1670 Chantilly1806 Limerick lace1839 Carrickmacross1861 Limerick1886 Binche1902 Teneriffe1907 1839 St. James's Chron. 17–19 Sept. Each must wear a bonnet trimmed with Limerick lace, and a pair of real Limerick gloves. 1905 N. H. Moore Lace Bk. 196 Limerick lace is a combination..of cut-work and embroidery, and hardly comes under our definition of lace. 1959 Times 21 Sept. 12/4 Her old family Limerick lace veil was held in place by a mother-of-pearl coronet. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Weekend section) 10 The Limerick lace she sewed into the dress she wore on your wedding day. 4. As a modifier (in Limerick rhyme, Limerick verse, etc.). Designating a five-line poem or stanza of the type described at sense 7. Now rare. ΚΠ 1879 Oxf. & Cambr. Undergraduate's Jrnl. 20 Nov. 110/2 Every soul in the rooms has contributed his humble mite to that great resource of inventive talent—the Limerick rhymes. 1899 Literature 18 Mar. 284/2 I wrote some Limerick verses in dog Latin for my paper, signing them ‘K.R.’ 1925 Daily News 1 Sept. 4/2 Mr. Harvey has written what is, so far as I know, the first serious poem in limerick stanzas. 1944 Rochdale Observer 5 Feb. 9/5 Are you good at ‘Limerick’ verses such as the above? II. Simple uses. †5. = Limerick glove n. at sense 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves buckskin1481 shiverines1598 chevrona1670 kid1682 Limerick glove1782 gant de suede1832 kid glove1832 Limerick1834 owl-catchers1879 Swedish glove1885 1834 W. Hull Hist. Glove Trade 64 No glove ever exceeded in beauty the ‘Limerick’. 1847 Colburn's United Service Mag. Oct. 328 I stopped in Dame Street to buy a pair of Limericks. 1884 Hosier & Glover's Gaz. Jan. 9/1 Limerick, Dublin, and Cork were formerly celebrated for their gloves, which were known as ‘Irish’ and ‘Limericks’. 6. Angling. = Limerick hook at sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook pin-hook1755 Kirby1804 Limerick1810 sneck-bend1816 Limerick1835 sniggle1837 Aberdeen1845 Aberdeen hook1846 sockdolager1848 Sproat bend1867 squid-jigger1875 Sproat1876 squid jig1883 snag-hook1936 1835 T. T. Stoddart Art of Angling in Scotl. iii. 16 O'Shaughnessy's Limericks..are not always exactly the thing, excepting those used for salmon..which are really excellent. 1956 L. V. Bates Artificial Flies iii. 55 The Limerick is probably stronger but the fine elegant proportions of the Dee hook make for better hooking. 1987 Pop. Mech. Jan. 90/1 (advt.) It includes hundreds of hooks in every shape and size you'll ever need—including ‘top of the line’ beauties like Aberdeens, American Kirbys, Limericks, Sproats and Carlisles. 7. A five-line poem, typically on a humorous or bawdy theme, with a rhyme scheme ‘aabba’, the first, second, and fifth lines each having three stressed syllables and the shorter third and fourth lines each having only two. Now chiefly with lower-case initial.The first line of a limerick traditionally introduces a person and a place, the place appearing at the end of the first line and establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines. In early limericks, the last line was often essentially a repeat of the first, although this is no longer customary. This verse form first appeared in England in the early 18th cent. and was popularized by Edward Lear in the mid 19th cent., although he did not use the term. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [noun] > nonsense verse > limerick nonsense versec1670 Limerick1885 1885 Sporting Times 4 July 1/4 A man..who would keep whispering Limericks to Roberts. 1896 A. Beardsley Let. c1 May (1971) 128 I have tried to amuse myself by writing limericks on my troubles. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza x.132 Abinger had no audience, but was reciting limericks: the Young Lady of Wick, the Old Man of Devizes, the Young Man called Maclean—a whole dictionary of national biography. 1964 Illustr. London News 29 Aug. 25/1 Edward Lear (1812–88) is well known for his nonsense verse and limericks. 2015 Daily Express 18 Sept. 19/4 The president passed at least some of the time while at a 1990 Paris conference writing ‘bawdy’ limericks about his fellow world leaders. 8. = Limerick lace n. at sense 3. ΚΠ 1886 B. Lindsey Irish Lace ii. 9 A spirit of enterprise and commercial adventure..originated the Limerick manufacture. 1938 D. C. Preston Needle-made Laces & Net Embroideries iii. 41 It is the filling stitches in their infinite variety that give character to this type of lace. In needle-run Limerick they are freely used. 1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making iv. 35 This type of lace is made in all countries, including America and India. It is light, pretty and easy to produce. Limerick remains the finest of the kind. 2005 Lace Oct. 7/1 This year it is the turn of the Decorated Nets such as Carrickmacross, Limerick, Filet, and Needlerunning. Phrases U.S. colloquial. †to come to Limerick: to come to one's senses; to accept the inevitable, or the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. Now rare. [The origin of this phrase is uncertain: it has been suggested that it may have arisen with allusion to the Treaty of Limerick (Irish Conradh Luimnigh; signed 3 Oct. 1691), which ended the Williamite war in Ireland between supporters of the Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William of Orange, but evidence to support this is lacking. It is also unclear whether there is any connection with the song referred to in the etymology note.] ΚΠ 1857 White Cloud Kansas Chief 17 Dec. The fire-eaters attempted to hiss and hoot him down, and threatened violence. But he drew his revolver, and made them ‘come to Limerick’. 1861 Kenosha (Wisconsin) Times 22 Aug. 2/7 (advt.) ‘Nice Young Men’ come to Limerick, or you will be brought there. 1879 Cincinnati Commercial 27 May 6/1 Just let them come to Limerick and transact business good-naturedly. 1909 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 22 Aug. 18/5 If, after a month, they had not come to limerick they got the writ [sc. of divorce]. 1937 Comm. Advertiser (Canton, N.Y.) 10 Aug. 1/6 They would wrestle and perform acrobatic tricks, the dog now and then grasping one of the pigs by the ear and making him ‘come to Limerick’ though doing it in a manner that didn't hurt his pigship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1782
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