inkhorn

adjective

Definition of inkhornnext
as in scholarly
marked by or given to showing knowledge in a showy way The writer apparently thought using a bunch of inkhorn terms would impress the reader and distract from the severely lacking plot.

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  1. scholarly
  2. academic
  3. scholastic
  4. intellectual
  5. pedantic
Adjective
  • As higher education continued to develop, facilities and programs burnished scholarly reputations as modern universities emerged in cities like Paris and Bologna.
    Brian Mitchell, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Young Ed Klum was musical, scholarly, and athletic.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of scholarly
Adjective
  • The Los Angeles Unified School District reported 11 incidents of nitrous oxide possession during the 2023-24 academic school year.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Most men’s rights activists, however, turned their attention to laws at the state and local level during the 1980s and 1990s, along with academic understandings of gender violence.
    Theresa Iker / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of academic
Adjective
  • Starting this scholastic year, the program is donating 175,000 euros to institutions located in the U.S. and U.K. Plans are afoot to expand globally in the future.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Public health, the work of public health cannot be principally scholastic.
    Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Definition of scholastic
Adjective
  • American culture, society, and education broadly divides people into two separate intellectual camps from childhood: left brain thinkers adept at logic and math and right brained thinkers geared toward creativity.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Once the police have deposited Elwood in Nickel’s run-down barracks for Black inmates, Ross extends the dramatic force of his method while expanding its intellectual scope.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of intellectual
Adjective
  • In Korea and Vietnam, the Soviet Union and its partners stalled negotiations, insisting on the most pedantic points, accusing the U.S. of bad faith, and starting with outlandish demands that, if the U.S. were to satisfy them, would have amounted to capitulation.
    Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The 63-page booklet was classic Sinclair: heartfelt, pedantic and too ahead of its time for its own good.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of pedantic
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“Inkhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inkhorn. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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