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adoxography

Syllables: adox·og·ra·phy/eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfi/US/eɪdɑkˈsɑɡɹəfi/

adoxography noun: fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.

Noun

adoxography (usually uncountable, plural adoxographies)

  1. (rhetoric, usually) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
    • "ADOXOGRAPHY," […] The former word, with the still uglier "adoxographical," would seem to be of transatlantic origin. Some years ago I drew attention (9 S. xi. 425) to the use of the adjective in an American periodical (The American Journal of Philology, xxiii. 393).1910, William White, Notes and Queries, London: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 117
    • Even Lucian's most playful exercises in adoxography, such as the Iudicium Vocalium or the Musica, can be rewritten and integrated into serious debate on contemporary issues.1990, Michael O. Zappala, Lucian of Samosata in the Two Hesperias: An Essay in Literary and Cultural Translation [Scripta Humanistica (series); 65], Potomac, Md.: Scripta Humanistica, →ISBN, page 7

adoxography meaning in Tamil

adoxography in Tamil

எளிபொருள் எழுத்தாற்றல்

Examples of adoxography in a sentence

  • The Voyage is kaleidoscopic composite of dream-vision, ideal journey, literary testament, adoxography, and mock epic.1991, Ellen D. Lokos, The Solitary Journey: Cervantes's Voyage to Parnassus [Studies on Cervantes and His Times; 1], New York, N.Y.: Peter...
  • Judging by the recent literature of adoxography (a sorely underused word that means “good writing on a trivial subject”), there have been many overlooked things that have changed the world.2010, Ammon Shea, “Introduction”, in The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book that Everyone Uses but No One Reads, New York, N.Y....

Forms of adoxography

pluraladoxographies

Origin of adoxography

From New Latin adoxus (“absurd, paradoxical”) (from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος (ádoxos, “obscure, ignoble”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”)) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “writing”).

Words that rhyme with adoxography

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Questions about adoxography

What does adoxography mean?
Adoxography means fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
What is adoxography in Tamil?
Adoxography in Tamil is எளிபொருள் எழுத்தாற்றல். See Adoxography meaning in Tamil.
How do you use adoxography in a sentence?
The Voyage is kaleidoscopic composite of dream-vision, ideal journey, literary testament, adoxography, and mock epic.
What part of speech is adoxography?
Adoxography is a noun.
How do you pronounce adoxography?
Adoxography is pronounced /eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfi/ (UK).
What is the plural of adoxography?
The plural of adoxography is adoxographies.

Words near adoxography in the dictionary

  1. adoxographic
  2. adoxographical
  3. adoxographically
  4. adoxographies
  5. adoxographs
  6. adoxography
  7. adoze
  8. adozelesin
  9. ADP
  10. ADP-ribose
  11. adpao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adoxography (page history and authors); adoxography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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