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inkhorn: affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic

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inkhorn derives from the name for the container formerly used (beginning 

in the 14th century) for holding ink, originally made from a real horn. 

hence it came to refer to words that were being used by learned writers 

and scholars but which were unknown or rare in ordinary speech.