inkhorn
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inkhorn
- /ˈɪŋkˌhɔːn/ UK
- /ˈɪŋkˌhɔɹn/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn. Displaced Old English blæchorn, which had the same literal meaning but with the native term for "ink."
noun inkhorns
- A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink. Goe good partner, goe get you to Francis Seacole, bid him bring his pen and inkehorne to the Gaole: we are now to examine thoſe men.
- Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly. And ere that we will ſuffer ſuch a Prince, So kinde a Father of the Common-weale, To be diſgraced by an Inke-horne Mate, Wee and our Wiues and Children all will fight And haue our bodyes ſlaughtred by thy foes.
Translations
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noun as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic
| Español | rebuscado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 文縐縐的 /文绉绉的 wénzhōuzhōu de, 晦澀的 /晦涩的 huìsè de |
| Português | presunçoso, pedante |
| Deutsch | gekünstelt, konstruiert |
| Italiano | pedante, pretenzioso |
| Русский | педанти́чный pedantíčnyj, мудрёный mudrjónyj, зау́мный zaúmnyj |
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