amphigory

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

amphigories plural

词源

From French amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perhaps from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) + γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) or -αγορία (-agoría, “speech”).
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