INKHORN

Meaning of INKHORN in English

I. ˈiŋkˌhȯrn, ˈiŋˌkȯrn noun

Etymology: Middle English enkehorn, inkehorn, from enke, inke ink + horn horn

: a small portable bottle of horn or other material for holding ink

II. adjective

: affectedly learned or pedantic

inkhorn terms and crude Latinisms — J.W.H.Atkins

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

INKHORN — County: Aberdeenshire Post Code: AB41
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INKHORN — I. noun Date: 14th century a small portable bottle (as of horn) for holding ink, II. adjective Date: 1543 ostentatiously …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INKHORN — (a.) Learned; pedantic; affected.
Английский словарь Webster
INKHORN — (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for …
Английский словарь Webster
INKHORN — ( n. ) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INKHORN — ( a. ) Learned; pedantic; affected.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INKHORN — /ingk"hawrn'/ , n. a small container of horn or other material, formerly used to hold writing ink. [ 1350-1400; ME; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INKHORN — adj. pretentious in one's learning; pedantic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INKHORN — n. small container made from an animal's horn (was used in the past to hold writing ink)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INKHORN — I. ˈiŋk-ˌhȯrn noun Date: 14th century : a small portable bottle (as of horn) for holding ink II. adjective Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INKHORN — adj learned; pedantic; affected. 2. inkhorn ·noun a small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; …
Webster English vocab
INKHORN — ■ noun historical a small portable container for ink, originally made from a horn.
Concise Oxford English vocab
INKHORN — [ink.horn] n (14c): a small portable bottle (as of horn) for holding ink [2]inkhorn adj (1543): ostentatiously learned: pedantic "~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INKHORN — inkhorn BrE AmE ˈɪŋk hɔːn AmE \ -hɔːrn ▷ inkhorn|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INKHORN — n. Inkstand.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
INKHORN — 1. сущ. ; уст. чернильница из рога 2. прил. мудрёный, заумный inkhorn term — книжное слово
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INKHORN — 1. сущ.; уст. чернильница из рога 2. прил. мудрёный, заумный inkhorn term — книжное слово
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INKHORN — n. Function: adjective Date: 1543 : ostentatiously learned : PEDANTIC < inkhorn terms>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INKHORN — n. Pronunciation: ' i ŋ k- ˌ ho ̇ rn Function: noun Date: 14th century : a small portable bottle …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INKHORN TERM — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, esp. Latin or Greek. [ 1535-45 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INKHORN TERM — fairly unknown word (often of Latin or Greek origin) that is used in an ostentatious way to display one's scholarly …
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INK, INKHORN — See: Writing
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CALAMARI — /kal'euh mahr"ee, kah'leuh-/ ; It. /kah'lah mah"rddee/ , n. Italian Cookery. squid. [ pesce calamaio ) calamarium inkhorn, pen case …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNWIELDY — Synonyms and related words : Latinate, all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, …
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TURGID — Synonyms and related words : Latinate, aureate, awkward, bellied, bloated, blown up, bombastic, bug-eyed, bulged, cramped, cumbrous, dilated, distended, dropsical, …
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TORTUOUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambagious, ambiguous, anamorphous, anfractuous, askew, asymmetric, bedizened, bent, big-sounding, billowing, billowy, bowed, …
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TALL — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, a bit thick, a bit thin, a mile long, absurd, affected, altitudinous, bedizened, …
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STILTED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Latinate, affected, artificial, aureate, awkward, bedizened, big-sounding, bloated, bombastic, buckram, cardboard, clumsy, conventional, …
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STIFF — Synonyms and related words : Arab, Bowery bum, Latinate, a bit much, abandoned, abusive, adamant, adamantine, afflictive, alcoholic, all thumbs, …
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SONOROUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, achingly sweet, affected, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, aureate, bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, booming, …
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SHOWY
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SESQUIPEDALIAN — Synonyms and related words : Latinate, a mile long, awkward, bombastic, cramped, cumbrous, elephantine, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, fargoing, forced, formal, …
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SENTENTIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, admonitory, advisory, affected, allegorical, aphoristic, aposiopestic, associational, axiomatic, bedizened, big-sounding, …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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