Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of a crude or irregular construction.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. It's just doggerel, not fine poetry.

    ruЭто просто вирши, а не высокая поэзия. — odexed

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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

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Word family

3 related words

See also

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