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inkhorn term (INGK-horn turm) noun
An obscure, ostentatious, or bookish word, especially one derived from Latin or Greek. [From the fact that such a term is used more in writing than in speech.] "The flowery barbarisms of inkhorn terms vanished within years of the appearance of her (Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi's) book ...." Simon Winchester, Roget and His Brilliant, Unrivaled, Malign, and Detestable Thesaurus, The Atlantic Monthly (Boston), May 2001. This week's theme: words about words. Today's AWAD made possible by NannyTax, Inc., providing tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. For useful information and a free consultation, please visit: http://www.nannytax.com ............................................................................ All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. -Sean O'Casey, playwright (1880-1964) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Change address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/inkhorn_term.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/inkhorn_term.ram
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