Meanings
verbinkhornize (third-person singular simple present inkhornizes, present participle inkhornizing, simple past and past participle inkhornized)
present singular third person inkhornizes · participle present inkhornizing · participle past inkhornized · past inkhornized
- obsoleteraretransitiveTo address (someone) using obscure words.
If you coyne words, as Cankerburie, Canterburines, &c. whie, I know a foole that shall so inkhornize you with straunge phrases, that you shall blush at your owne bodges.
1589, John Lyly, Pappe with an hatchet, London
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