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Amphigory

Definition: Amphigory

Amphigory

Noun

1. Nonsensical writing (usually verse).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Amphigory \Am"phi*go*ry\, noun. [French expression amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perhaps from Greek a circle.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Amphigory

Synonym: nonsense verse (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Amphigory

English words defined with "amphigory": Amphigoric. (references)
Etymologies containing "amphigory": Amphigoric. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Amphigory

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Amphigory

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  amphigory

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Amphigory

Language Translations for "amphigory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

lời văn vô nghĩa (amphigouri), lời văn phi lý (amphigouri). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Amphigory

Misspellings

"Amphigory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amphigorey. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Amphigory"

Words rhyming with "amphigory" (pronounced 'Am"phi*go*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Amphigory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-m-o-p-r-y"

-1 letter: myograph.

-2 letters: morphia.

-3 letters: mohair, myopia.

-4 letters: amigo, gimpy, goyim, gramp, graph, grapy, grimy, gripy, hairy, harpy, hoagy, hoary, ihram, imago, mayor, moira, moray, morph, ogham, pargo, payor, pigmy, pirog, porgy, prima, primo.

-5 letters: agio, ahoy, airy, amir, army, gamp, gamy, gapy, gimp, giro, gorp, gory, gram, gray, grim, grip, gyri, gyro, hair, harm, harp.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-m-o-p-r-y"
 

+2 letters: filmography, kymographic.

 

+3 letters: kymographies, seismography.

 

+4 letters: lymphographic, mythographies.

 

+5 letters: cinematography, dermatoglyphic, lymphangiogram, lymphographies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Amphigory


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6D 70 68 69 67 6F 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --    .--.    ....    ..    --.    ---    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101101 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100111 01101111 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#109 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#103 &#111 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006D 0070 0068 0069 0067 006F 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357982747573818491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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