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cothurnal, a. (and n.)|kəʊˈθɜːnəl|
[f. L. cothurn-us + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to the cothurnus; of tragedy, tragic.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. Wks. (Rtldg.) 130/1 Cothurnal buskins. 1657Lusts Dominion v. v. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 183 The scene wants actors; I'll fetch more, and clothe it In rich cothurnal pomp. 1659Chamberlayne Pharonida ii. iv, Then in its high Cothurnal scenes, a lofty tragedy Erects their thoughts.
†B. as n. = cothurnus. Obs.
1626G. Sandys Life of Ovid (R. Supp.), The tragick stage on high cothurnals climes. |