adoxography (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def fine 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
Outgoing links
Hypernym writing, authorship, composition, penning
Incoming links
Hyponym writing, authorship, composition, penning

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