paradoxography
/ˌparədɒkˈsɒɡrəfi/noun
A literary genre, originating in early Alexandrian Greece, in which (natural or man-made) phenomena considered remarkable or fantastic are described.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Oxford Classical Dictionary. From medieval Greek παραδοξογράϕος writer on marvels + -y; compare -graphy.
- Southaven
- south-away
- South Bank
- South Bend
- South Boston
- southbound
- south by east (or west)
- South Canadian River
- South Carolina
- South Carolinian
- south central
- Southcottian
- south country
- South Dakota
- South Dakotan
- South Devon
- Southdown
- south-east
- South East Asia
- South East Asia Treaty Organization
- southeaster
- south-easterly
- south-eastern
- southeasterner
- south-easternmost