different between sesquipedalianism vs inkhorn

English

Etymology

Surface form analyzed as sesquipedalian +? -ism, from sesqui- (“one and a half”) +? pedalian (“of the foot”).

From Latin s?squiped?lis (“a foot and a half long; in metaphorical use, “of an unnatural length, huge, big””), from s?squi (“one and a half times as great”) + ped?lis (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?z.kw?.p??d?l.i.?n.?sm?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?skw?p??de?li.?n?zm?/

Noun

sesquipedalianism (plural sesquipedalianisms)

1. (uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing.
2. (countable) A very long word.

Related terms

• sequi-
• sesquipedal
• sesquipedian
• sesquipedalian

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink +? horn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?h??(?)n/

Noun

inkhorn (plural inkhorns)

1. (archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act III, Scene 5,^[1]

     Go, good partner, go, get you to Francis Seacole; bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaol: we are now to examination these men.

   • 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, Boston: Ticknor, Part III, p. 44,^[2]

     […] from his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn,

     Wrote with a steady hand the date and the age of the parties,

2. (used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act III, Part 1,^[3]

     And ere that we will suffer such a prince,

     So kind a father of the commonweal,

     To be disgraced by an inkhorn mate,

     We and our wives and children all will fight

     And have our bodies slaughtered by thy foes.

Derived terms

• inkhornish
• inkhornism
• inkhornize
• inkhorn term / inkhorn word (see also gallipot words (gallipot))

Translations

Middle English

Noun

inkhorn

1. Alternative form of ynkhorn