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amphigouri

amphigouri is the alternative form of amphigory.

Meaning of 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

Forms of amphigouri

pluralamphigouris

Origin of amphigouri

French amphigouri.

Questions about amphigouri

What is amphigouri the alternative form of?
Amphigouri is the alternative form of amphigory.

Words near amphigouri in the dictionary

  1. amphigonous
  2. amphigony
  3. amphigoric
  4. amphigories
  5. amphigory
  6. amphigouri
  7. amphigynous
  8. amphihaline
  9. amphihaploid
  10. amphikinesis
  11. amphikinetic

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