different between doggerel vs ditty

English

Alternative forms

• doggrel

Etymology

Probably from dog +? -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?????l/

Adjective

doggerel (not comparable)

1. (poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction.

Usage notes

The word was originally applied to humorous verse, but now refers to verse lacking artistry or meaning.

Translations

Noun

doggerel (countable and uncountable, plural doggerels)

1. (poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “doggerel”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• doggerel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “doggerel” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "doggerel" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “doggerel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Further reading

• doggerel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• relogged

English

Etymology

From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dict?re (participle dictatus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ti/
• Homophones: diddy (US)
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

ditty (plural ditties)

1. A short verse or tune.
   • 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments

     And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.

2. A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.

Translations

Verb

ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)

1. To sing; to warble a little tune.

   • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

See also

• ditty bag
• doggerel
• jingle