Amphigʹons.

Words strung together without any real connection. The two pleaders in Pantagruel by Rabelais (book ii. c. 11–13) give an excellent example.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Ammonites
Amon’s Son (in Orlando Furioso)
Amoret
Amoret
Amorous (The)
Amour propre
Amparo de Pobres
Ampersand
Amphialus
Amphictyonic Council
Amphigons
Amphigouri
Amphion
Amphitrite (either 3 or 4 syl.)
Amphitryon
Amphrysian Prophetess (Amphrysia Vatēs)
Ampoulle (Sainte)
Amram’s Son
Amri
Amrita
Amsanctus