Definitions
Colored fluid used for writing, printing, or tattooing.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“This form should be filled out in ink.”
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Fluid for printing”3 letters
02“Fluid for signatures”3 letters
03“Fluid in a pen”3 letters
04“Pen fluid”3 letters
05“Pen's dark fluid”3 letters
06“Printer cartridge liquid”3 letters
07“Printer fluid”3 letters
08“Tattoo, slang”3 letters
09“Writing fluid”3 letters
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