| \AM-fi-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee\ |
noun
1. a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody. |
| Quotes |
For all this, Schott's Original Miscellany is strangely unputdownable. It is the mother of all miscellanies, aka an amphigory, a medley, a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, an omnium-gatherum, a vade mecum, a smorgasbord… Oh boy, but Schott is a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, a mad magpie at large in the wide world of facts and words.
-- Robert McCrum, “God bless you, Mr Schott,” The Guardian, December 7, 2002 |
| Origin |
| Amphigory entered English in the early 1800s from the French word amphigouri, but its origin in French remains unknown. |
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