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Definition of Cothurns
1. cothurn [n] - See also: cothurn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cothurns
Literary usage of Cothurns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The tragic pathos of the old school was as a whole merely declamatory, and only
upon cothurns might it display itself with propriety. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1886)
"“Then what golden hours were for us, As we sat together there, When the white
vests of the Chorus Seemed to wave up a live air! When the cothurns trod ..."
3. The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1910)
"... on cothurns, and speaks through a mask to a large, dimly realized audience.
Intimate communication, mental companionship, could be had only by letters. ..."
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