cothurnus

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cothurnus

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

noun cothurni · cothurn · kothornos

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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@misc{cothurnus_2026,
  title = {cothurnus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cothurnus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}