Associations to the word «Inkhorn»

Wiktionary

INKHORN, noun. (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
INKHORN, noun. (used attributively) (pejorative) (of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
INKHORN TERM, noun. An obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously learned or erudite borrowing from another language, especially from Latin or Greek.

Wise words

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
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