单词 | inkhorn term |
释义 | inkhorn term in British Englishnoun an affectedly learned and obscure borrowing from another language, esp Greek or Latin inkhorn term in American Englishnoun an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, esp. Latin or Greek Word origin [1535–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alcohol, protocol, symmetry, tracer, troop |
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