Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἄδοξ-ος (occasionally = παράδοξ-ος, opposed to common sense), f. ἀ priv. + δόξα opinion. An absurdity.
1624. Hayward, Suprem., 5. Who esteemed that which I had said, not for a Paradoxe, but for an Adoxe, or flat absurditie.
