inkhornn.
A small portable vessel (originally made of a horn) for holding writing-ink: now seldom used.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 inkhorn = inkhorn term n. at Compounds 2.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > containers for ink
inkhorn1382
inkpot1553
ink-well1875
dipping-well1889
ink-slab1890
ink cartridge1955
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of > in vocabulary
inkhorn term1543
term of inkhorn?1577
inkhornism1597
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > ink-horn term
inkhorn term1543
inkpot term1553
term of inkhorn?1577
inkhornism1597
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > play the pedant [verb (intransitive)] > in vocabulary
to smell of the inkhorn1587
inkhornize1589
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > be laboured or pedantic
to smell of the candle, lamp, oil1542
to smell of (or taste) the lamp1579
to smell of the inkhorn1587
to smell of oil1646
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. ix. 11 The man that..hadde an enk~horn in his rigge.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Inkehorne, attramentarium.
1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 229 Item, payd..for a pener and a ynkorne, iij. d.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 93 On his gurdell a penuer and an ynkhorn.
?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Ciiiv Ne had they terme of inkhorne ne of penne, But plaine in speache.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvi. 452 Proclamations set foorth in such a style,..smelling to much of the Inkhorne.
1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 75 Children don't use to come into the world with their ink-horns and pocket-books about them.
1733 Lady B—z in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 191 Two days ago I washed the mould out of my inkhorn, put fresh ink into it.
c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 253 He drew from a little writing-case..some paper, a cut cane, and an ink-horn.
1879 G. F. Maclear Celts viii. 133 Literary apparatus, such as waxed tablets, styles, pens, and ink horns.
Compounds
C1. † inkhorn fish n. Obsolete the ink-fish or cuttlefish.† inkhorn varlet n. Obsolete contemptuous appellations for a scribbler.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of
cuttlec1000
seggec1300
polypus?1527
scuttle1530
sepia1569
cuttlefish1591
inkhorn fish1598
ozaena1601
sea-cat1601
sea-cut1601
sound1611
scribe1655
sea-qualm1804
sepiacean1842
sepioid1857
sea-sleeve1867
1598 tr. G. de Rosselli Epulario H j b To dresse an Inke horne fish, in Latine Lolligo.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §1. 384 The Calamarie... Some call him the Ink-horn-fish.
inkhorn mate n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer
scribblera1556
paper-blurrera1586
by-writer1587
feather-driver1593
squitter-book1594
paper-stainer1596
blur-paper1603
spoil-paper1610
penster1611
inkhorn matea1616
squitter-wit1615
ink-dabbler1616
squitter-pulpa1640
quill-driver1700
scribble-scrabble1707
authorling1752
writerling1802
inkhorn varlet1820
toe-writer1845
pen-driver1854
anonymuncule1859
ink-jerker1865
pen-pusher1875
pseudonymuncle1875
ink-spiller1881
ink-slinger1887
blotter-
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 102 Ere that we will suffer such a Prince..To be disgraced by an Inke-horne Mate, Wee..all will fight. View more context for this quotation
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer
scribblera1556
paper-blurrera1586
by-writer1587
feather-driver1593
squitter-book1594
paper-stainer1596
blur-paper1603
spoil-paper1610
penster1611
inkhorn matea1616
squitter-wit1615
ink-dabbler1616
squitter-pulpa1640
quill-driver1700
scribble-scrabble1707
authorling1752
writerling1802
inkhorn varlet1820
toe-writer1845
pen-driver1854
anonymuncule1859
ink-jerker1865
pen-pusher1875
pseudonymuncle1875
ink-spiller1881
ink-slinger1887
blotter-
1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Dec. 623/1 Your sour parochial or state-gatherers,—those ink-horn varlets, who carry their want of welcome in their faces!
C2.
inkhorn term n. archaic a term of the literary language, a learned or bookish word; so also inkhorn desire, inkhorn language, inkhorn word.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of > in vocabulary
inkhorn term1543
term of inkhorn?1577
inkhornism1597
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > ink-horn term
inkhorn term1543
inkpot term1553
term of inkhorn?1577
inkhornism1597
1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Hiij v Soche are your Ynkehorne termes.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 89 Irreuocable, irradiation, depopulation & such like,..which..were long time despised for inkehorne termes.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F Wherefore thought he had done it of an inkhorne desire to be eloquent.
1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. Pref. (1638) 16 Faine to stuffe the text with such fustian, such inkehorne termes, as may seem to favour their parts.
1784 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 6 Inkhorn words, to be honest, we knaw lile abaut.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 330 As if it were a spoken, and not merely an ink-horn language.
1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. ii. 235 Inkhorn words of Latin origin.
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