inkpotn.
/ˈɪŋkpɒt/, U.S. /ˈɪŋkˌpɑt/ A small pot for holding writing-ink.
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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
1553 [see inkpot term n. at Compounds].
1590 T. Lodge Euphues' Golden Legacie (1592) H iv They only haue their humours in their inck-pot.
1740 J. Swift Will (1746) 22 I bequeath to Deane Swift Esq; my large Silver Standish, consisting of a large Silver Plate, an Ink Pot, a Sand Box [etc.].
1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 177 I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.
Compounds
inkpot term n. = inkhorn term n. at inkhorn n. Compounds 2.
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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
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 87 A very Caulfe, that..thought by his ynkepot termes, to get a good personage.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. 141 To vse..Poetical phrases in prose, or incke-pot tearmes smelleth of affectation.
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