inkhorn

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

pedante

rebuscado

Sinónimos

inkpot

inkstone well

Traducciones

gekünstelt

konstruiert

pedante

pretenzioso

pedante

presunçoso

tinteiro

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Etimología (Inglés)

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From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn.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