Pocket Posh Word Power by Wordnik

Author:Wordnik [Wordnik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4494-0887-9
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

adjective

Pertaining to an inkhorn, or to a writer or pedant, overrating the importance of mere learning, making an undue or inappropriate display of learning; of language, style, and so on.

Examples:

Go, good partner, go, get you to Francis Seacole; bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaol: we are now to examination these men. —William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, 1600

Among other lessons, this should first be learned; that we never affect any strange inkhorn terms, but to speak as is commonly received, neither seeking to be overfine, nor yet living overcareless; using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. —Joseph M. Williams, “Inkhorn Terms,” The New York Times, February 4, 1900

The writing students didn’t understand why the professor chose to focus on inkhorn concerns such as typos and small grammatical errors, rather than plot points and character development. —Wordnik

Synonyms for inkhorn include pedantic, pretentious, bookish, academic, donnish, and scholastic.

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