clerihew

noun /ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuː/

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

   CLERIHEW CONTEST. CNV announces a clerihew contest, with the best examples to be published in this newsletter.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry clerihew (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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