inkhorn term

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A borrowing from another language thought to be pretentious or unneeded, especially from Latin or Greek.
    — I knowe them that thynke Rhetorique, to stande wholy vpon darke woordes, and he that can catche an ynke horne terme by the taile, hym thei compt to bee a fine Englishe man, and a good Rhetorician.

词形变化

inkhorn terms plural

词源

From inkhorn + term, so coined for their increased usage of ink from their length (i.e. one would need to dip their quill into the inkhorn multiple times in order to completely write the word out).
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