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- noun Good
writing on aminor subject .
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- noun fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects
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carolinacc commented on the word adoxography
adoxography
n. eloquent praise of a worthless thing
July 7, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word adoxography
JM is honoured to be nominated for the Adoxography Awards.
August 25, 2009
538785259 commented on the word adoxography
I wonder if you should filter out twitter hits for users who have a wordnik word as their username, as in @adoxography
Just seems like clutter.
Loving wordnik, btw.
September 7, 2009
seanahan commented on the word adoxography
This word feels very British. There is an American sense that the British treat all subjects with equal gravitas, including things we would fine to be worthless.
June 27, 2010
slumry commented on the word adoxography
See: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ado1.htm for a discussion of the historical rhetorical-training practice that later came to be called adoxography. Put's me in mind of a book I am reading, "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read," by Pierre Bayard. The tongue-in-cheek thesis is that you are better equipped to discuss a book if you have not read it.
May 29, 2015
Gammerstang commented on the word adoxography
The root is Latin adoxus, paradoxical or absurd, but not from the classical language. It was first used by the Dutch scholar Erasmus around 1536, who took it from an identical ancient Greek word that meant inglorious. It was based on the root doxa, opinion or belief, which is also the basis of doxology, a formula of praise to God, and also of paradox.
January 8, 2018