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Meaning of AMPHIGORY

Pronunciation:  'amfu`gowree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  nonsensical writing (usually verse)
 
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 Synonyms: nonsense verse
 
 See Also: hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am"phi*go*ry\, n. [F. amphigouri, of uncertain
derivation; perh. fr. Gr. ? + ? a circle.]
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which
on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also
{amphigouri}.]
 

 

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