cothurnus

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Definition of cothurnus

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noun

A buskin used in ancient tragedy.
(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.”

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

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