inkhornism

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Pedantry

   Pedantry; a preference for inkhorn terms.

2. 2

   An inkhorn term.

   • Mr. Will, whose inkhornisms remain a weekly treat, has had tough words for former White Housers who write tell-all books, so the younger George had better watch his tongue.
   • Grandiloquent terms in particular aimed to dignify the pedestrian. People might use “pseudo-Latinisms for relatively common things,” similar to the 17th-century inkhornisms that preceded them, Sheidlower said.

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