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n. A small container made of horn or a similar material, formerly used to hold ink for writing.

adj. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic: inkhorn words.

n. A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.

n. Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

n. A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.

adj. Learned; pedantic; affected.

n. A portable case for ink and writing-instruments, made of a horn, or (usually) of wood or metal, formerly in common use in Europe, and still in some parts of the East. See kalamdan.

n. In heraldry See penner.

Pertaining to an inkhorn, or to a writer or pedant; bookish; pedantic.

"The word "inkhorn" was used by the translators, because in former times in this country horns were used for containing ink."

inkhorn mate    sesquipedalianism    dormitive principle    graecism   

inkstand    learned    pedantic    affected   

inkwell    electrum    screw-driver    inke    inkstand    ink-well    biro    ink-pot    crinkling    paper