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Definition clerihew

Etymology

Named after the English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), who invented the rhyme.

Noun

Examples

 • Sir Christopher WrenSaid, “I am going to dine with some men.“If anyone callsSay I am designing St. Paul’s.”— Biography for Beginners (1905) by Edmund Clerihew  • The clerihew, as you can see,is shorter than it ought to be,with just four lines I’m s’posed to tell,what it’s all about ... oh well.

clerihew (plural clerihews)

  1. A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. [from 1920s]

Results 92 Words with the letters CLERIHEW

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12 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CARTWHEELING 24
11 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
WHEELCHAIRS 22
10 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
WHEELCHAIR 21
9 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CLERIHEWS 18
8 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CLERIHEW 17
7 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CHEWIER 15
WELCHER 16
6 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CEILER 10
CHEWER 14
CREWEL 13
LECHER 12
LECHWE 15
LICHEE 12
RECHEW 14
5 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CHEER 10
CHIEL 11
CHILE 11
CREEL 9
HEWER 10
HIREE 7
LEECH 11
RELIC 9
WELCH 14
WHEEL 11
WHERE 10
WHILE 11
WHIRL 11
4 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CEIL 8
CERE 7
CHEW 12
CIRE 7
CLEW 11
CREW 10
ECHE 9
ELHI 7
EWER 7
HEEL 7
HEIL 7
HEIR 6
HERE 6
HERL 7
HIRE 6
LECH 10
LEER 5
LEHR 7
LICE 8
LICH 10
LIER 5
LIRE 5
LWEI 8
REEL 5
RICE 7
RICH 9
RIEL 5
RILE 5
WEEL 8
WEER 7
WEIR 7
WERE 7
WHEE 9
WHIR 9
WICH 12
WILE 8
WIRE 7
3 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
CEE 6
CEL 7
CHI 8
EEL 4
ERE 3
EWE 6
HER 5
HEW 8
HIC 8
HIE 5
ICE 6
ICH 8
IRE 3
LEE 4
LEI 4
LIE 4
REC 6
REE 3
REI 3
WEE 6
2 letter words with the letters CLERIHEW ↑
EH 4
EL 3
ER 2
HE 4
HI 4
LI 3
RE 2
WE 5

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