doggerel

Definition

Of a crude or irregular construction.

Etymology

Probably from dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c.

Example Sentences

• "True Wit has ſeen its best days long ago, / It ne're look'd up, ſince we were dipt in Show: / When Senſe in Dogrel Rimes and Clouds was loſt, / And Dulneſs flouriſh'd at the Actors coſt."