inkhorn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink +‎ horn.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." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n/ === Noun === inkhorn (plural inkhorns) (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink. (used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Noun === inkhorn alternative form of ynkhorn