Meaning

A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed..

Definitions by Sense

1. A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed.
2. A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen.
3. (Internet slang, Reddit slang) Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”).

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: inkstand

The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell.

Boy those woman already suffer enough in that line of work. Imagine how much worse it would be if this radical inkwells were in charge of them 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️

this is what leftist "just have sex inkwell" types assume what the standards RW men have in looking for women are

There is no such thing as a female inkwell. You won't change my mind.

If a woman has been single and hasn't got laid in awhile,^([sic]) its^([sic]) wildly accepted that this is by her choice. She hasn't met the right man yet. If a man hasn't got laid in awhile, he's seen as an inkwell.

Word Forms

• inkwells
• ink well
• ink-well

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