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ADOXOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adoxography mean? 

ADOXOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun ADOXOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjectsplay

  Familiarity information: ADOXOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADOXOGRAPHY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers

Hypernyms ("adoxography" is a kind of...):

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)


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