The diarist John Evelyn describes Bacon at ease in his garden accompanied by a servant with inkhorn and quill to record his thoughts.
Dipping the quill into a marble inkhorn, he leaned over the journal.
1.1as modifierDenoting words or expressions used only in academic writing.
（词，表达）仅用于学术文章的；学究气的
I will avoid many of the inkhorn terms coined by the narratologists
我会避免使用叙述学家生造出来的许多学究气的术语。
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The objection to inkhorn terms was a largely irrational and emotive reaction by conservatives against the sudden increase in English vocabulary derived from classical sources which was taking place at this time.
He saw no need to write a poetry out of anachronistic myths, inkhorn lingos, and prissy poetic forms.
He is an anti-academic who coins such inkhorn words as "muliebrity," and who expects his readers to know an Immelmann turn when they see one, whether or not they are amateurs of air combat during the first World War.
Definition of inkhorn in US English:
inkhorn
nounˈiNGkhôrn
historical
1A small portable container for ink.
〈史〉墨水瓶
Example sentencesExamples
Dipping the quill into a marble inkhorn, he leaned over the journal.
The diarist John Evelyn describes Bacon at ease in his garden accompanied by a servant with inkhorn and quill to record his thoughts.
1.1as modifierDenoting pedantic words or expressions used only in academic writing.
（词，表达）仅用于学术文章的；学究气的
I will avoid many of the inkhorn terms coined by the narratologists
我会避免使用叙述学家生造出来的许多学究气的术语。
Example sentencesExamples
He is an anti-academic who coins such inkhorn words as "muliebrity," and who expects his readers to know an Immelmann turn when they see one, whether or not they are amateurs of air combat during the first World War.
The objection to inkhorn terms was a largely irrational and emotive reaction by conservatives against the sudden increase in English vocabulary derived from classical sources which was taking place at this time.
He saw no need to write a poetry out of anachronistic myths, inkhorn lingos, and prissy poetic forms.