(transitive, obsolete, rare) To address (someone) using obscure words.

simple past tense and past participle of inkhornize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inkhornize

(archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink. / (used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

plural of inkhorn

Pedantry. / (countable) An inkhorn term.

plural of inkhornism

present participle of inkhornize

An obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously learned or erudite borrowing from another language, especially from Latin or Greek.

plural of inkhorn term