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Synonyms & Antonyms of inkhorn
- The writer apparently thought using a bunch of inkhorn terms would impress the reader and distract from the severely lacking plot.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for inkhorn
- affected,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-minded,
- la-di-da
- (also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah),
- ostentatious,
- pompous
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- professorial
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“Inkhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inkhorn. Accessed 30 Oct. 2020.
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