different between doggerel vs metromania

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Etymology

metro- +? -mania

Noun

metromania (plural metromanias)

1. A mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
2. A mania for measurements or statistics.

Derived terms

• metromaniac

Italian

Noun

metromania f (plural metromanie)

1. metromania

Anagrams

• ammonterai