† inkhornizev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To use pedantic words. (Also, to inkhornize it.) transitive. To treat to, or assail with, inkhorn terms.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > play the pedant [verb (intransitive)] > in vocabulary
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > make pedantic [verb (transitive)] > assail with inkhornisms
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > embellish [verb (transitive)] > assail with inkhorn terms
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > play with words > use long or pedantic words
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1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B4v I know a foole that shall so inkhornize you with straunge phrases, that you shall blush at your owne bodges.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pedantizer, to pedantize it, or play the Pedant;..also, to inkhornize it.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pedantesque, pedanticall, inkhornizing, pedantlike.
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