Inkhorn [adjective]
Definition of Inkhorn:
pedantic
Synonyms of Inkhorn:
● Abstruse
● Academic
● Arid
● Bookish
● Didactic
● Dry
● Dull
● Erudite
● Formal
● Fussy
● Learned
● Literary
● Pompous
● Priggish
● Stilted
● Donnish
● Overnice
Opposite/Antonyms of Inkhorn:
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Sentence/Example of Inkhorn:
Occleve always depicted Chaucer with a rosary in his hand, and his penner, containing his pen and inkhorn, hanging to his vest.
One day they saw one of us take out pen and inkhorn and write down their answers to our many questions.
He fetched an inkhorn set into a tripod, a sandarach, and a roll of clean parchment that was tied around with a green ribbon.
And La Boulaye took down an inkhorn a quill, and a sheaf of paper from the mantel-shelf behind him.
Hannibal donned his helmet and cuirass, Hanno put his official inkhorn in his girdle, and we lost no time in setting off.
The scribe was opening his inkhorn for the purpose of taking down our names, when I burst out into a roar of laughter.
This is what Father Murillo says; but he left the most important things in the inkhorn.
On this table stood an inkhorn spotted with ink, some parchments, several pens, and a large goblet of chased silver.
Sally burst into tears, and catching up the inkhorn, which stood on the table, discharged its contents in his face.
So saying, he opened the shutter, and carefully set the paper and inkhorn before me, putting the pen in my fingers.