Definition of Doggirel
Dog"ger*el (?), a. [OE.
dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as,
doggerel rhymes.
This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod
he. Chaucer.
Dog"ger*el, n. A sort of loose or
irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
Doggerel like that of Hudibras.
Addison.
The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he
expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers.
Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- poetry of a crude or irregular construction; originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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