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lim·er·ick I. \ˈlim(ə)rik, -rēk\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Limerick, city and county in southwest Ireland 1. : of or from the city of Limerick, Ireland : of the kind or style prevalent in Limerick 2. : of or from County Limerick, Ireland : of the kind or style prevalent in County Limerick II. noun (-s) Etymology: from Limerick, Ireland; probably from its use by a group of Irish poets writing in Limerick in the 18th century : a light verse form of 5 anapestic lines of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and rhyme and lines 3 and 4 are of 2 feet and rhyme III. noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Limerick, Ireland : a fishhook of a shape first made in Ireland — see fishhook illustration |