‖ amphigouri, -gory
(ˌæmfɪˈgʊərɪ, ˈæmfɪgərɪ)
[mod.Fr.; orig. unknown. According to Litt. first used in 18th c.; referred by some to Gr. ἀµϕί about + γῦρος circle, or -ἀγορία speech, cf. allegory, category.]
A burlesque writing filled with nonsense; a composition without sense, as a Latin ‘nonsense-verse.’
| 1809 Q. Rev. I. 50 The work must..be considered as a kind of overgrown amphigouri, a heterogeneous combination of events. 1851 Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. II. 55 We do not like to confess we are beaten even by an amphigouri nonsense verse. 1869 N. & Q. Ser. iv. III. 145 The remaining verses..of the following amphigory. |