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inkhorn words

inkhorn words is the plural of inkhorn word.

Meaning of inkhorn word

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

Questions about inkhorn words

What is inkhorn words the plural of?
Inkhorn words is the plural of inkhorn word.

Words near inkhorn words in the dictionary

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

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