English
adoxograph
Adoxograph comes from New Latin adoxus ‘absurd, paradoxical’, from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος ‘obscure, ignoble’, and ultimately from δόξα ‘expectation’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδόξαdóxa‘expectation’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄδοξοςádoxos‘obscure, ignoble’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900adoxus‘absurd, paradoxical’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989adoxograph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδόξαdóxa‘expectation’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄδοξοςádoxos‘obscure, ignoble’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900adoxus‘absurd, paradoxical’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989adoxograph
Earliest quotation: 1989, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche with Sander , Carole Blair: “Polycrates, disciple of Gorgias, wrote in praise of mice,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to accept’
doctor, decent, document, tail, dignity, doctrine, decoration, decor, disdain, indignation, dainty, fonda, dogma, indignant, doctrinal, docile, dodo, décor, dignitary, deign, digne, docent, dox, 53 more
through Ancient Greek δόξα ‘expectation’
Today it means
noun A work of adoxography.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek δόξα / adoxograph