ink
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A jar of ink (sense 1)
From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭngk, IPA(key): /ɪŋk/
- (General American, pre-/ŋ/ tensing), IPA(key): /iŋk/
Audio (GA) (file) - Homophone: inc.
- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
NounEdit
ink (usually uncountable, plural inks)
- A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
- 1667 May 6, Samuel Pepys; Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 26th, 1667 [Julian calendar]”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, OCLC 1016700617, page 285:
- While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King and Queen sitting [Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France], by Van Dyke [Anthony van Dyck]; and did it very finely.
- (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
- The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
- (slang, uncountable) Publicity.
- Synonyms: ballyhoo, flak, hoopla, hype, plug, spotlight
- The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
- 1999, Washington Post (4 June 1999)
- [Judith] Hope [...] has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements.
- (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.
- Synonym: paint
- 1998, Richard Dooling, Brain Storm
- "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.
- 1998, The Offspring, Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (song)
- Now he's getting a tattoo. / Yeah, he's getting ink done. / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31.
- (slang) Cheap red wine.
Alternative formsEdit
- inke (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
coloured fluid used for writing
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dark fluid ejected by squid etc
VerbEdit
ink (third-person singular simple present inks, present participle inking, simple past and past participle inked)
- (transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
- (transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
- (transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
- (intransitive, of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
apply ink
sign a document
apply a tattoo
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- ink
VerbEdit
ink (present ink, present participle inkende, past participle geïnk)
- to ink
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
ink
- Alternative form of inc
ReferencesEdit
- “ink (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.