Middle English Dictionary Entry
doggerel n. (& adj.)
Entry Info
| Forms | doggerel n. (& adj.) Also dog(e)rel. |
| Etymology | From dogge . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Poor, worthless; rim ~; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2115 : Namoore of this!..thow makest me So wery of thy verray lewednesse..Myne erys aken of thy drasty speche..This may wel be rym dogerel [vr. dogrel].
b
- (1277) Pleas Som.in Som.RS 4194 : William Doggerel.
- (1300) Close R.Edw.I398 : John Dogerel.