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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Amphigouri

nonsense verse, rigmarole.

“A kind of overgrown amphigouri, a heterogeneous combination.” —Quarterly Review, i. 50, 1809.

Porson's “Three Children sliding on the Ice” is a good specimen of amphigouri.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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