paradoxographyn.

Brit.

/ˌparədɒkˈsɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛrəˌdɑkˈsɑɡrəfi/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek παραδοξογράϕος , -y suffix³.

Etymology: < medieval Greek παραδοξογράϕος writer on marvels (see paradoxographer n.) + -y suffix³; compare -graphy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin paradoxographia (1630).

A literary genre, originating in early Alexandrian Greece, in which (natural or man-made) phenomena considered remarkable or fantastic are described.

ΚΠ

1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 647/1 Paradoxography came into existence, as a distinct literary genre, early in the Alexandrian age, and continued to be practised for many centuries.

1972 P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. 454 Their biographical writings..have..a common feature in an emphasis on sensational episodes and characteristics, which corresponds, in the sphere of human action, to paradoxography, which exploits the same unexpected features of the natural world.

1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium III. 1584/1 Elements of paradoxography can be found in different genres: hagiography.., historiography (e.g., the description of exotic animals..), treatises on geography.., and commentaries such as one on Gregory of Nazianzos ascribed to Kosmas the Hymnographer.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paradoxography
释义	paradoxographyn. Brit. /ˌparədɒkˈsɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌdɑkˈsɑɡrəfi/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek παραδοξογράϕος , -y suffix³. Etymology: < medieval Greek παραδοξογράϕος writer on marvels (see paradoxographer n.) + -y suffix³; compare -graphy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin paradoxographia (1630). A literary genre, originating in early Alexandrian Greece, in which (natural or man-made) phenomena considered remarkable or fantastic are described. ΚΠ 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 647/1 Paradoxography came into existence, as a distinct literary genre, early in the Alexandrian age, and continued to be practised for many centuries. 1972 P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. 454 Their biographical writings..have..a common feature in an emphasis on sensational episodes and characteristics, which corresponds, in the sphere of human action, to paradoxography, which exploits the same unexpected features of the natural world. 1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium III. 1584/1 Elements of paradoxography can be found in different genres: hagiography.., historiography (e.g., the description of exotic animals..), treatises on geography.., and commentaries such as one on Gregory of Nazianzos ascribed to Kosmas the Hymnographer. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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