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inkhorn term

Noun
Japanese Meaning
主にラテン語やギリシャ語など、外国語から取り入れられた、あまり一般的でなく、しゃれた印象を与える借用語。 / 学識を誇示する、意図的に難解あるいは見せかけの博学さを演出するために使われる、特色のある外来語的表現。
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教授はその語を、議論を明確にするどころかかえって曖昧にする学究的で難解な借用語だとして退けた。

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An obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously learned or erudite borrowing from another language, especially from Latin or Greek.

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inkhorn term

The professor dismissed the word as an inkhorn term that obscured rather than clarified his argument.

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The professor dismissed the word as an inkhorn term that obscured rather than clarified his argument.

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