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Definition of Doggerel
1. Noun. A comic verse of irregular measure. "He had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
Definition of Doggerel
1. a. Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
2. n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
Definition of Doggerel
1. Adjective. (context: poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.) ¹
2. Adjective. (context: poetry) a comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure ¹
3. Noun. A doggerel poem or verse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doggerel
1. trivial, awkwardly written verse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doggerel
Literary usage of Doggerel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Heywood, etc—Progress of the doggerel—Examples—Tlte Four ... Others—And others
again to Shakespeare—The metrical aspect of the doggerel group—The infancy of ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... English Géorgie poet, and his poetry frankly acquiesces in doggerel.—SAINTSBURY,
GEORGE, 1898, A Short History of English Literature, p. 253. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1914)
"THE MUSE OF doggerel. Thou that with ale or viler liquors Didst inspire Wither,
Prynne, and Vickars, And force them, though it was in spite Of nature and ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"Specimens enough will occur by and by—but I may as well transcribe one here,
doggerel though it be. Calling at my house one forenoon, he had detected me in ..."
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