ink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭngk
ipa: /ɪŋk/
note: pre-/ŋ/ tensing
ipa: /iŋk/
homophone: inc.
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: inks
form: inke
Etymology: 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”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”).
Senses: examples: text: This form should be filled out in ink.
text: 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.
ref: 1667 May 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 26th, 1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC, page 285:
text: Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.
ref: 2016 March 24, Darryl Sterdan, “ZAYN’s ‘Mind of Mine’ and Gwen Stefani’s ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’ top this week’s new music”, in The Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2018:
glosses: A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
glosses: A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
examples: text: Experimentally, some ink has been shown to be unpalatable to fish (Wood et al. 2010) and observationally, ink can also function as an attractant to predators to give cephalopods a bit more time to escape.
ref: 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
examples: text: to get ink
text: The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
text: [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.
ref: 1999 June 4, Washington Post:
synonyms: ballyhoo
flak
hoopla
hype
plug
spotlight
glosses: Publicity.
examples: text: "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.
ref: 1998, Richard Dooling, Brain Storm:
text: Now he's getting a tattoo / Yeah, he's getting ink done / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31
ref: 1998, “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”, performed by The Offspring:
synonyms: paint
glosses: Tattoo work.
glosses: Cheap red wine.
Derived terms: before the ink had time to dry
before the ink was dry
bioink
bleed red ink
China ink
deink
digital ink
don't dip your pen in company ink
gall-nut ink
gay as pink ink
green-ink brigade
green ink brigade
green-ink letter
India ink
Indian ink
inkable
inkball
ink ball
inkberry
ink-block
inkblot
ink bomb
ink bottle
inkbrush
inkbush
ink-cap
inkcap
ink cartridge
ink converter
ink disease
ink dot
ink-dot
inkdot
inken
inker
ink eradicator
ink eraser
inkfish
ink fountain
inkholder
inkhorn
ink in
inkish
ink isn't dry on
ink jet
inkjet
ink-jet printer
inkless
inklike
inkline
inkmaker
inkmaking
ink pad
ink-pad
ink pen
ink-pot
ink pot
inkpot
inkprint
inkproof
ink sac
inkshed
inkslinger
ink slinger
inkspot
inkstain
inkstand
inkstandish
inkstick
inkstone
ink tag
ink trap
ink up
inkwell
ink well
ink-well
inkwood
inkwork
inkwriter
inky
invisible ink
iron-gall ink
octopus ink
overink
pen and ink
pen-and-ink money
printer's ink
printing ink
red ink
reink
secret ink
sling ink
spill ink
squid ink
sympathetic ink
the ink was not even dry
you don't dip your pen in company ink
you don't dip your pen in the company's ink