nonsense verse
noun
a form of light verse, usually for children, depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of fantasy, whimsical in tone and with a rhythmic appeal, often employing fanciful phrases and meaningless made-up words.
Origin of nonsense verse
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby nonsense verse
nonself-antigen,
nonsense,
nonsense correlation,
nonsense syllable,
nonsense triplet,
nonsense verse,
nonsensical,
nonsexist,
nonsexual,
nonsexual generation,
nonsighted
British Dictionary definitions for nonsense verse
nonsense verse
noun
verse in which the sense is nonexistent or absurd, such as that of Edward Lear