inkhorn

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
2. (attributive, derogatory) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

Sinonieme

inkpot

inkstone well

Vertalings

gekünstelt

konstruiert

pedante

pretenzioso

pedante

presunçoso

tinteiro

pedante

rebuscado

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ynkhorn

In summary

From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn.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."