Goe good partner, goe get you to Francis Seacole, bid him bring his pen and inkehorne to the Gaole: we are now to examine thoſe men.
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Inkhorn
//ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n//
Synonyms for "inkhorn" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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1 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խրթին noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мастилница noun (small portable ink container)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 墨水壺 /墨水壶 noun (small portable ink container)
- 文縐縐的 /文绉绉的 noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- 晦澀的 /晦涩的 noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Finnish
2 entries- mustesarvi noun (small portable ink container)
- pilkunviilaaja noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Galician
1 entries- tinteiro noun (small portable ink container)
German
2 entries- gekünstelt noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- konstruiert noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Italian
2 entries- pedante noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- pretenzioso noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Middle English
1 entries- ynkhorn noun (small portable ink container)
Old English
1 entries- blæchorn noun (small portable ink container)
Polish
3 entries- górnolotny noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- napuszony noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- rożek na atrament noun (small portable ink container)
Portuguese
3 entries- pedante noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- presunçoso noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- tinteiro noun (small portable ink container)
Russian
3 entries- зау́мный noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- мудрёный noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
- педанти́чный noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Spanish
1 entries- rebuscado noun (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
[…]and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writers inkehorne by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar.
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Men in helmets have divided that, with swords; men in wigs, with quill and inkhorn, to divide it: and even more hateful these latter, if more peaceably; for the wig-method is at once irresistibler and baser.
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[…] from his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn, Wrote with a steady hand the date and the age of the parties,
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