doggerel
Plural: doggerels
Noun
- a comic verse of irregular measure
- "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
- A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.
- Any writing of crude composition.
- pl. -S trivial, awkwardly written verse
Adj
- Of a crude or irregular construction.
Origin / Etymology
Probably from dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c.
Synonyms
doggerel verse, jingle
Scrabble Score: 11
doggerel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddoggerel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doggerel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
doggerel is a valid Words With Friends word