† ˈinkhornize, v. Obs. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
intr. To use pedantic words. (Also, to inkhornize it.) trans. To treat to, or assail with, ink-horn terms. Hence † ˈi nkhornizing ppl. a.; also † ˈinkhornizer = inkhornist.
| 1589 Pappe w. Hatchet B iv b, I know a foole that shall so inkhornize you with straunge phrases, that you shall blush at your owne bodges. 1611 Cotgr., Pedantesque, pedanticall, inkhornizing, pedantlike. Ibid., Pedantizer, to pedantize it, or play the Pedant;..also, to inkhornize it. |