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inkhornish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
inkhor-nish
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.

Etymology

From inkhorn + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more inkhornish (comparative) most inkhornish (superlative)

Questions

What does inkhornish mean?
Employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.
Where does inkhornish come from?
From inkhorn + -ish.

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