- nonsense verse
- noun Date: 1799 humorous or whimsical verse that features absurd characters and actions and often contains evocative but meaningless nonce words
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nonsense verse
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Nonsense verse — is a form of light, often rhythmical verse, usually for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations. It is whimsical and humorous in tone and tends to employ fanciful phrases and meaningless made up words.[1]… … Wikipedia
nonsense verse — a form of light verse, usually for children, depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of fantasy, whimsical in tone and with a rhythmic appeal, often employing fanciful phrases and meaningless made up words. [1790 1800] * * *… … Universalium
nonsense verse — noun nonsensical writing (usually verse) • Syn: ↑amphigory • Hypernyms: ↑nonsense, ↑bunk, ↑nonsensicality, ↑meaninglessness, ↑hokum * * * a form of light verse, usually for children, depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of… … Useful english dictionary
nonsense verse — /ˈnɒnsəns vɜs/ (say nonsuhns vers) noun verse conveying deliberately absurd ideas or using specially coined words, usually humorous, as the verse of the English humorist, Edward Lear, 1812–88 …
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Nonsense word — A nonsense word, unlike a sememe, may have no definition. If it can be pronounced according to a language s phonotactics, it is a logatome. Nonsense words are used in literature for poetic or humorous effect. Proper names of real or fictional… … Wikipedia
