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COTHURNUS

\kˈɒθɜːnəs], \kˈɒθɜːnəs], \k_ˈɒ_θ_ɜː_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of COTHURNUS

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By Oddity Software

Buskin, thick-soled boot of Athenian tragic actor (also fig., of elevated style &c.). [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[L., Gr.] The highsoled boot laced up the front, worn by Greek tragic actors; originally a hunting-boot, a buskin.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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