From the 16th to the 18th centuries, English writers cobbled together huge numbers of new words from Latin and Greek words, dubbed "inkhorn terms", as if they had spilled from a pot of ink.
English writers cobbled together huge numbers of new words from Latin and Greek words. This was from the 16th to the 18th centuries. They had spilled from a pot of ink. English writers were dubbed "inkhorn terms". This was from the 16th to the 18th centuries. They had spilled from a pot of ink.