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cothurnus en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cothurnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).

Meanings

1. A buskin used in ancient tragedy.
2. (figuratively) The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.
   • Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus. 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 410

Forms

Deriveds

cothurnal