The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

OEDILF - The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form is an international writing project which aims to provide a definition--in limerick form--for each word in the famous Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

The OEDILF is now working on all words beginning with aa- through ba-. Current status? 5,458 approved limericks with about 10,000 pending. Check out recently approved limericks here.

Here's an example of what a limerick definition looks like:

Allhallowmas, Allhallowmass, All-Hallow, All-Hallows, All Saints' Day, Hallowmas by mike scholtes

Allhallowmas was the routine
For honoring saints and their scene,
Though the meaning in time
Has become less sublime:
It's the day that's apres Halloween.

(all-HAL-o-mass) Allhallowmas was instituted by Pope Boniface IV (608-–615) in 609 CE (or as he would have put it, Anno Domini), and the date was set to November 1 by Pope Gregory IV (827-–844). In today's Roman Catholic Church it is called All Saints' Day. Allhallowmass is an obsolete spelling, and other synonyms are All-Hallow, All-Hallows, and Hallowmas.