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inkhornish

inkhornish adjective: employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.

Adjective

inkhornish (comparative more inkhornish, superlative most inkhornish)

  1. Employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.

Forms of inkhornish

comparativemore inkhornish
superlativemost inkhornish

Origin of inkhornish

From inkhorn + -ish.

Questions about inkhornish

What does inkhornish mean?
Inkhornish means employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.
What part of speech is inkhornish?
Inkhornish is an adjective.

Words near inkhornish in the dictionary

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

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