The OEDILF is an attempt to define every word in the English language – in the form of a limerick. For example:
aglycone by Chris Doyle (Limerick #5325)
When a glycoside enters the gut,
By hydrolysis it will be cut.
The aglycone’s the part
That will pass to the heart
While the sugar goes straight to the butt.(uh-GLY-kohn)
It’s quite spectacularly pointless, and therefore utterly brilliant.
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