inkhorn
inkhorn · inkhorns
Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarlySomething or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
UK/ˈɪŋkˌhɔːn/US/ˈɪŋkˌhɔɹn/
Meaning
2 senses(attributive, derogatory)Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
gekünstelt, konstruiert
педанти́чныйpedantíčnyj, мудрёныйmudrjónyj, зау́мныйzaúmnyj
(archaic)A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
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as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic:
Origin
From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, usFrom Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn. Displaced Old English blæchorn, which had the same literal meaning but with the native term for "ink."
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