From limerick + -ist.
limerist (plural limerists)
- A writer of limericks.
1985 August 24, Michael Bronski, “Titles of Interest from the Mainstream Press”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 11:A Learical Lexicon is a fanciful collection of words invented by the great, gay limerist and word diddler, Edward Lear.