inkpot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small pot or container for holding writing ink, especially for use with a dip pen or quill

   The neglected inkpot contained only a dry black crust.

A compound of ink + pot. Before pens carried their own ink supply, a separate inkpot or inkwell was a standard item on a writing desk. Ink ultimately came through Old French enque from Latin encaustum and Greek enkauston, 'burned-in pigment.'

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