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inkhorn word

inkhorn word noun: synonym of inkhorn term.

Noun

inkhorn word (plural inkhorn words)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    inkhorn term

Synonyms of inkhorn word

Forms of inkhorn word

pluralinkhorn words

Questions about inkhorn word

What does inkhorn word mean?
Inkhorn word means synonym of inkhorn term.
What part of speech is inkhorn word?
Inkhorn word is a noun.
What is the plural of inkhorn word?
The plural of inkhorn word is inkhorn words.

Words near inkhorn word in the dictionary

  1. inkholder
  2. inkholders
  3. inkhorn
  4. inkhorn term
  5. inkhorn terms
  6. inkhorn word
  7. inkhorn words
  8. inkhornish
  9. inkhornism
  10. inkhornisms
  11. inkhornist

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