cothurnus noun.
[kǝʊ'Ɵǝ:nǝs] Pl. -ni
[-nʌɪ].
E18.[Latin from Greek kothornos.]=
BUSKIN 2.
fig.:
■ F. W. Farrar St. Paul cannot always wear the majestic cothurnus, yet his lightest words are full of meaning. ■ cothurnal adjective of or pertaining to the cothurnus; tragic:
E17. ■ cothurnate adjective wearing cothurni; tragic in style:
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