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Showing words for LIMERICK using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Limerick

limerick

7 Letter Words for Limerick

mickler, milkier

6 Letter Words for Limerick

cimier, ickier, licker, limier, mickle, milice, milker, relick, rickle

5 Letter Words for Limerick

ceili, clerk, clime, crile, crime, erick, icier, icker, ickle, kelim, kilim, kreil, liker, limer, melic, melik, merci, meril, mikie, miler, reiki, relic

4 Letter Words for Limerick

ceil, ciel, cire, cirl, clem, crim, emic, emir, eric, icer, keir, kerl, kiel, kier, kiri, kmel, leck, leir, lice, lick, lier, like, lime, lire, liri, lirk, meck, merc, meri, merk, merl, mice, mick, mike, mile, milk, mire, miri, mirk, reck, reik, reim, rice, rick, riel, riem, rile, rime

3 Letter Words for Limerick

cel, cer, cie, cir, cli, clk, clr, cml, crl, ecm, eik, eir, eli, elk, elm, erk, ice, ick, ike, ile, ilk, imi, ire, irk, kie, kil, kim, kir, lcm, lei, lek, lem, ler, lie, lim, lir, mei, mel, mer, mic, mil, mir, mri, rec, rei, rel, rem, rie, rim, rle

Definitions for Limerick

[1] a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
[2] a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
[3] its county seat: a seaport at the head of the Shannon estuary.
[4] Angling . a fishhook having a sharp bend below the barb.
[5] a form of comic verse consisting of five anapaestic lines of which the first, second, and fifth have three metrical feet and rhyme together and the third and fourth have two metrical feet and rhyme together
[6] a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in N Munster province: consists chiefly of an undulating plain with rich pasture and mountains in the south. County town: Limerick. Pop: 175 304 (2002). Area: 2686 sq km (1037 sq miles)
[7] a port in SW Republic of Ireland, county town of Limerick, at the head of the Shannon estuary. Pop: 86 998 (2002)

Words related to Limerick

rhyme, poetry, writing, verse, lyric, epic, composition, ballad, sonnet, song, poesy, beat, creation, rime, words, ode, lines, rune, haiku, quatrain

Words nearby Limerick

limen, limen insulae, limen nasi, limequat, limerence, limerick, limes, limescale, limestone, limestone lettuce, limestone pavement

Origin of Limerick

1895–1900; after Limerick; allegedly from social gatherings where the group sang “Will you come up to Limerick?” after each set of verses, extemporized in turn by the members of the party

Word origin for Limerick

C19: allegedly from will you come up to Limerick?, a refrain sung between nonsense verses at a party

Synonyms for Limerick

ballad, composition, lyric, poesy, rhyme, song, sonnet, verse, epode