Adoxography (Noun)
Meaning
Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The company's marketing team excelled in the art of adoxography, producing pages of flowery praise for their new brand of bottled tap water.
- A journalist who mastered adoxography could easily create catchy headlines for even the most mundane stories.
- The lawyer's impressive display of adoxography nearly convinced the judge that his client's frivolous lawsuit had merit.
- To practice the style, the professor assigned her students the task of crafting a poem of adoxography in praise of Brussels sprouts.
- In a hilarious display of adoxography, the cookbook author extolled the virtues of a hastily prepared peanut butter and pickle sandwich.