cothurnus

[ koh-thur-nuhs ]

/ koʊˈθɜr nəs /

noun, plural co·thur·ni [koh-thur-nahy]. /koʊˈθɜr naɪ/.

a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.

buskin (def. 2).

Also co·thurn

[koh-thurn, koh-thurn]. /ˈkoʊ θɜrn, koʊˈθɜrn/.

Origin of cothurnus

1720–30; <Latin <Greek kóthornos buskin, type of boot worn by tragic actors in heroic roles

OTHER WORDS FROM cothurnus

co·thur·nal, adjective

Words nearby cothurnus

Côtes-du-Nord, Côte-St.-Luc, coth, cothamore, cothromboplastin, cothurnus, cotidal, cotillion, cotillon, cotinga, Cotman

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Example sentences from the Web for cothurnus

The Jack Pudding suddenly drew the cothurnus over his clogs.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864|Various
They never speak except ore rotundo, in cothurnus, or sometimes on stilts.
Amiel's Journal|Henri-Frdric Amiel
She too wears the mask and the cothurnus, and speaks to measure.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray
Agar, in peplos and cothurnus, recited the strophes once more.
An Englishman in Paris|Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

She wears the cothurnus, and her head is wreathed with vine leaves.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama|E. Cobham Brewer

British Dictionary definitions for cothurnus

cothurnus

cothurn (ˈkəʊθɜːn, kəʊˈθɜːn)

/ (kəʊˈθɜːnəs) /

noun plural -thurni (-ˈθɜːnaɪ) or -thurns

the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy

Word Origin for cothurnus

C18: from Latin, from Greek kothornos

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单词	cothurnus
释义	cothurnus [ koh-thur-nuhs ] / koʊˈθɜr nəs / noun, plural co·thur·ni [koh-thur-nahy]. /koʊˈθɜr naɪ/. a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy. buskin (def. 2). Also co·thurn [koh-thurn, koh-thurn]. /ˈkoʊ θɜrn, koʊˈθɜrn/. Origin of cothurnus 1720–30; <Latin <Greek kóthornos buskin, type of boot worn by tragic actors in heroic roles OTHER WORDS FROM cothurnus co·thur·nal, adjective Words nearby cothurnus Côtes-du-Nord, Côte-St.-Luc, coth, cothamore, cothromboplastin, cothurnus, cotidal, cotillion, cotillon, cotinga, Cotman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cothurnus The Jack Pudding suddenly drew the cothurnus over his clogs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864\|Various They never speak except ore rotundo, in cothurnus, or sometimes on stilts. Amiel's Journal\|Henri-Frdric Amiel She too wears the mask and the cothurnus, and speaks to measure. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.\|W. M. Thackeray Agar, in peplos and cothurnus, recited the strophes once more. An Englishman in Paris\|Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam She wears the cothurnus, and her head is wreathed with vine leaves. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama\|E. Cobham Brewer British Dictionary definitions for cothurnus cothurnus cothurn (ˈkəʊθɜːn, kəʊˈθɜːn) / (kəʊˈθɜːnəs) / noun plural -thurni (-ˈθɜːnaɪ) or -thurns the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy Word Origin for cothurnus C18: from Latin, from Greek kothornos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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