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Bernesque Poetry

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Serio-comic poetry; so called from Francesco Berni, of Tuscany, who greatly excelled in it. (1490–1536.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bermoothes
Bermudas
Bernard (St.)
Bernard
Bernard Soup (St.)
Bernardo
Bernardo del Carpio
Bernard’s Inn
Berners or Barnes (Juliana)
Bernese
Bernesque Poetry
Bernouilli’s Numbers
Berserker
Berth
Bertha
Bertha
Bertha (Frau)
Berthas [Stock Exchange term]
Berthe au Grand Pied
Bertolde [Bar-told]
Bertram