Adoxographical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /eɪˌdɒksɒˈɡɹɑːfik(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adoxographical is an adjective meaning (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to adoxography; adoxographic.
Meaning
(rhetoric) Of or pertaining to adoxography; adoxographic.
Example Sentences
[A]s is well known, [Alexander] Pope helped to improve [William] Wycherley's ‘adoxographical’ poem A Panegyric of Dulness.
In his adoxographical Summa Theologica he [Thomas Aquinas] wrote that "inordinate love of self is the cause of every sin."
The Praise [The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus] has been called learned parody, mock eulogy, an adoxographical essay; and rightly so, for it is all that. But it is primarily satire […]
Like Coquelin's ‘Norman’, Phaedrus' bumpkin is a typically ‘adoxographical’ hero (the inglorious written up): one facing a horde. The wisdom of the soil trounces city wit in stories meant for townspeople.
Synonyms for adoxographical
Depending on context, synonyms include adoxographic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adoxographic, doxographical, adpositional, epiplectic, rhetographical, apodotic.
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