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A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter. / Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases.

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higgledy-piggledy

noun

The books on the shelf were arranged higgledy-piggledy.

意味（1）

A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter.

Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.

意味（2）

Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases.

The games are a bit archaically presented, but they include palindromes, acrostics, higgledy-piggledies, anagrams, etc.