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Definition of doggerel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doggerel

noun
 
/ˈdɒɡərəl/
 
/ˈdɔːɡərəl/
[uncountable]
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  1. poetry that is badly written or silly, sometimes because the writer has not intended it to be seriousTopics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse): apparently from dog (used contemptuously, as in dog Latin, a debased form of Latin) + -rel.
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