HyperDic: adoxography

English > 1 sense of the word adoxography:
NOUNactadoxographyfine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects
English > adoxography: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningFine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects.
Examples
  • "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"
  • "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers"
Broaderwriting, authorship, composition, penningThe act of creating written works
Spanishadoxografía
Catalanadoxography

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