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adoxography

noun

Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
A
Ends with
Y
Contains
DO
Scrabble score
28

How it sounds

Pronunciation

eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfi

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noun

  1. Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects

    “Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things”

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Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things
Adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers

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