Etymology

amphigory

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Today it means: A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning. Full definition →

French amphigouri ← Ancient Greek ἀμφί
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφί
  2. French · borrowed fromamphigouri
  3. English todayamphigory

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀμφί all →

amphipathicamphioxusamphidetic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.