"doggerel" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒɡəɹəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doggerel.wav
Etymology: Probably from dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|dog|-rel|gloss2=pejorative suffix}} dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), {{C.|14}} 14th c. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} doggerel (not comparable)
  1. (poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poetry Derived forms: doggerelism, doggerelist, doggerelize Translations (of a crude or irregular construction): kreupelrijm [neuter] (Dutch), kötetlen (Hungarian), szabálytalan (Hungarian), formátlan (Hungarian), illa kveðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), stirðkveðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), versaiolo (Italian), wiersz częstochowski [masculine] (Polish), wiersz kalwaryjski [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-doggerel-en-adj-G3XyoCur Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dogrel [obsolete], doggrel [archaic]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒɡəɹəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doggerel.wav Forms: doggerels [plural]
Etymology: Probably from dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|dog|-rel|gloss2=pejorative suffix}} dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), {{C.|14}} 14th c. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} doggerel (countable and uncountable, plural doggerels)
  1. (poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (comic or humorous verse): ulevellenrijm [neuter] (Dutch), vers de mirliton [masculine] (French), Knittelvers [masculine] (German), fűzfavers (Hungarian), kontár vers (Hungarian), klapancia (Hungarian), fűzfarím (Hungarian), zöngemény (Hungarian), hnoð [neuter] (Icelandic), leirburður [masculine] (Icelandic), leirrensli [neuter] (Icelandic), lélegur kveðskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), lélegur skáldskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), vondur kveðskapur [masculine] (Icelandic), rimeria [feminine] (Italian), tulakis (Tagalog), lupoedot (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-doggerel-en-noun-yANMEMD8 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'comic or humorous verse': 96 4
  2. (by extension) Any writing of crude composition. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doggerel-en-noun-KGnPWwzN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -rel, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 20 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -rel: 20 19 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 21 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 20 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 21 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 17 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 27 28 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 15 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 27 28 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 17 16 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dogrel [obsolete], doggrel [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "dogrel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "doggrel"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kreupelrijm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "word": "kötetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "word": "szabálytalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "word": "formátlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "illa kveðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stirðkveðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "word": "versaiolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiersz częstochowski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a crude or irregular construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiersz kalwaryjski"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doggerel"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -rel",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations"
  ],
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        "2": "dog",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "14"
      },
      "expansion": "14th c.",
      "name": "C."
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "1894, George du Maurier, “Part Sixth”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 302:",
          "text": "Taffy drew a long breath into his manly bosom, and kept it there as he read this characteristic French doggerel (for so he chose to call this touching little symphony in ère and ra).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter VIII, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 86:",
          "text": "As he marched he sang a bit of doggerel in a high and quavering voice: / \"Sing a song 'a vic'try, / A pocketful 'a bullets, / Five an' twenty dead men / Baked in a—pie.\"",
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        }
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      ],
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        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
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        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 December 17, Andrew R. Weiss, “Kudos For Cagan”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4:",
          "text": "It is very rare to find good, personal analysis of events that does not degenerate into chest-beating, pettiness, pomposity, or political doggeral ^([sic]).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Any writing of crude composition."
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        "(by extension) Any writing of crude composition."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɒɡəɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dogrel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ulevellenrijm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vers de mirliton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knittelvers"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "fűzfavers"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "kontár vers"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "klapancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "fűzfarím"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "zöngemény"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hnoð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leirburður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leirrensli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lélegur kveðskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lélegur skáldskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vondur kveðskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rimeria"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "tulakis"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "comic or humorous verse",
      "word": "lupoedot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doggerel"
}

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