inkhorn word en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of inkhorn term.
He was full of inkhorn words going so far as to call grog shops zythepsaries, which seemed several syllables too long to be uttered by any I had ever met within such places […]
2001, Richard Flanagan, “The Porcupine Fish”, in Gould’s Book of Fish, New York: Grove, VI, p. 121:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inkhorn words | Number=Plur | lexicographic |