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inkhorn term n (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an affectedly learned and obscure borrowing from another language, esp Greek or Latin How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Will, grown tall and earnest looking, played the pedant Rhombus, a stock comedy character he was good at: pedants and scholars with mouthfuls of inkhorn terms he alone of the boys could commit easily to memory. |
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