cothurnus
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Origin of cothurnus
1720–30; < Latin < Greek kóthornos buskin, type of boot worn by tragic actors in heroic roles
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The Jack Pudding suddenly drew the cothurnus over his clogs.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various
The buskin was the Greek cothurnus, a boot with high heels, designed to add stature and dignity to the tragic actor.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
Agar, in peplos and cothurnus, recited the strophes once more.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
But is it just to exact the severity of the tragical cothurnus in light works of this description?
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
In toga and cothurnus I had to read a pompous prologue, and did it amid shouts of "Basta! basta!" from the audience.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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