adoxograph
/eɪˈdɒksɒˌɡɹɑːf/
adoxograph · noun — A work of adoxography. It carries an Arena rating of 1366, earned across 50 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, adoxograph ranks #467 of 17,151 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #1,002 of 17,177 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,250 of 17,201 for Funniest Words, #3,019 of 17,163 for Most Sublime Words.
adoxograph is pronounced /eɪˈdɒksɒˌɡɹɑːf/.
Why “adoxograph” is a great word
ADOXOGRAPH — [Noun] A rhetorically elevated composition that treats a trivial, paradoxical, or base subject with unwarranted or ironic seriousness. From New Latin adoxus ("absurd, paradoxical"), from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος (ádoxos, "obscure, ignoble, without glory"), from ἀ- (a-, "not") + δόξα (dóxa, "glory, expectation, opinion") + -graph ("writing"). Unlike a panegyric, which lavishes praise on the worthy, or a diatribe, which mounts a bitter attack, an adoxograph bestows the full arsenal of eloquence upon the ostensibly worthless. It is a Ciceronian oration in defense of dust, a five-act tragedy concerning a broken shoelace, or a sonnet sequence dedicated to the common nail—the art of making the trivial profound through sheer verbal insistence, proving language can conjure a cathedral from any handful of dirt.
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Etymology
From New Latin adoxus (“absurd, paradoxical”) from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος (ádoxos, “obscure, ignoble”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”)) + -graph.
noun
- A work of adoxography.
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