inkhorn

A small container made of horn or a similar material, formerly used to hold ink for writing.

Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic.

A portable case for ink and writing-instruments, made of a horn, or (usually) of wood or metal, formerly in common use in Europe, and still in some parts of the East. See kalamdan.

In heraldry See penner.

Pertaining to an inkhorn, or to a writer or pedant; bookish; pedantic.

A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.

Learned; pedantic; affected.

A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.

Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.