If 'the author of Waverley' lacked meaning entirely, the sentence 'Scott is the author of Waverley' would be either trivially analytic or meaningless, yet it is demonstrably synthetic and informative.

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Informative(epistemology (theory of knowledge)): In this context, it means actually telling us something new or useful—not just restating what we already know in different words.
Synthetic(as a type of statement or truth): A claim that depends on facts about the world rather than just the definitions of the words used—for example, 'water boils at 100°C' is synthetic because you have to test it, not just look up what 'water' means.
analytic(Used to establish that males exist if bachelors exist): A sentence or truth that holds in virtue of meaning alone, such that the predicate is contained in the subject concept.
lacked meaning entirely(as used in philosophy of language): Had no meaningful content or reference—basically was empty nonsense rather than words that point to or describe something real.

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