inkhorn term

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inkhorn terms 复数 inkhorn terms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A borrowing from another language thought to be pretentious or unneeded, especially from Latin or Greek.

词源

From inkhorn + term, so coined for their increased usage of ink from their length (i.e. one would need to dip their quill into the inkhorn multiple times in order to completely write the word out).

来源：wiktionary