† ˈinkhornism Obs. rare.
[f. prec. + -ism.]
A learned or pedantic word or expression; an ink-horn term or phrase.
| 1597–8 Bp. Hall Sat. i. viii. 12 Singing his love..In mightiest ink-hornismes he can thither wrest. 1611 Cotgr., Supergurgiter, to overflow (an Inkhornisme in Rabelais). |
So † ˈinkhornist, one who uses ink-horn terms; a pedant. Obs.
| 1592 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 181, I have seldome read a more garish and pibald stile in any scribling Ink⁓hornist. |