noun. A small container made of horn or a similar material, formerly used to hold ink for writing.

adjective. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic.

noun. A portable case for ink and writing-instruments, made of a horn, or (usually) of wood or metal, formerly in common use in Europe, and still in some parts of the East. See kalamdan.

noun. In heraldry See penner.

Pertaining to an inkhorn, or to a writer or pedant; bookish; pedantic.

noun. A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.

adjective. Learned; pedantic; affected.

noun. A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.

noun. Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

"The word "inkhorn" was used by the translators, because in former times in this country horns were used for containing ink."

dormitive principle  graecism  inkhorn mate  sesquipedalianism  

biro  crinkling  electrum  fiddle-bow  foregather  

affected  inkstand  learned  pedantic