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AMPHIGORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphigory mean? 

AMPHIGORY (noun)
  The noun AMPHIGORY has 1 sense:

1. nonsensical writing (usually verse)play

  Familiarity information: AMPHIGORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMPHIGORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonsensical writing (usually verse)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

amphigory; nonsense verse

Hypernyms ("amphigory" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)


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