amphigory

Noun

amphigory (plural amphigories)

1. A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning.
   • There is always a danger that a poet, in search after the infinitely ingenious, may lapse into amphigory, into sheer absurdity and triviality, which Cowper, in spite of his elegant lightness, does not always escape.1919, Edmund Gosse, “The Lyrical Poetry of Thomas Hardy”, in Some Diversions of a Man of Letters, London: Heinemann, page 253
   • Greenberg answered with the same sort of polite amphigory the cosmic linguist had selected. “I have long wished for the boon of experiencing in person the scholarly aura of Dr. Ftaeml, but I had never dared let the wish blossom into hope. Your servant and pupil, sir.”1954, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 6, in The Star Beast, New York: Ballantine, page 100