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am⋅phi⋅go⋅ry

   [am-fi-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee]
–noun, plural -ries.
a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, esp. one intended as a parody.
Also, amphigouri.

Origin:
1800–10; < F amphigouri, equiv. to amphi- amphi- + gouri; perh. modeled on F equiv. of phantasmagoria
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Amphigoric

Am`phi*gor"ic\, a. [See Amphigory.] Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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