inkhorn
Significado (Inglés)
- (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
- (attributive, derogatory) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
Sinónimos
inkstone well
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pedantePronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
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From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn.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."
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