a term of the literary language, a learned or bookish word; so also inkhorn desire, inkhorn language, inkhorn word.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > ink-horn term (6) inkhorn term1543 a term of the literary language, a learned or bookish word; so also inkhorn desire, inkhorn language, inkhorn word. inkpot term1553 = inkhorn term n. at inkhorn, n. compounds 2. term of inkhorn?1577 A small portable vessel (originally made of a horn) for holding writing-ink: now seldom used. †to smell of the inkhorn, to be pedantic; term of in… inkhornism1597 A learned or pedantic word or expression; an inkhorn term or phrase. Subcategories:— one who uses (2) |
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