inkhornize

English

Etymology

inkhorn +‎ -ize

Verb

inkhornize (third-person singular simple present inkhornizes, present participle inkhornizing, simple past and past participle inkhornized)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To address (someone) using obscure words.
    • 1589, John Lyly, Pappe with an hatchet‎, London:
      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.
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