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/ˈæm.fɪ.ɡɔ.ɹi/ · noun
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.
Greenberg answered with the same sort of polite amphigory the cosmic linguist had selected. “I have long wished for the boon of experiencing in person the scholarly aura of Dr. Ftaeml, but I had never dared let the wish blossom into hope. Your servant and pupil, sir.”
You will notice that the selection by Hiraf is either meaningless or ambiguous when analyzed, although it has an impressive ring at first reading. Nonsense statements such as these are known as amphigory and are characteristic of much occult metaphysics. Amphigory, of course, allows readers to project their own meaning into such statements, since there is little inherent meaning to begin with
Use amphigory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Amphigory means A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning..
Common synonyms include nonsense verse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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