Associations to the word «Inkhorn»
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Wiktionary
INKHORN, noun. (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
INKHORN, noun. (used attributively) (pejorative) (of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
INKHORN TERM, noun. An obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously learned or erudite borrowing from another language, especially from Latin or Greek.
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?