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Stilted vs Cothurnus - What's the difference?

stilted | cothurnus |

As an adjective stilted

is stiff and artificially formal.

As a noun cothurnus is

a buskin used in ancient tragedy.

stilted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stiff and artificially formal
    • He gave a stilted bow and left.
  • pompous
  • (of a building) Supported by stilts.

    • Derived terms

    * stiltedly * stiltedness

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    cothurnus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cothurn

    Noun

    (cothurni)
  • A buskin used in ancient tragedy
  • The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy
  • *1875 , , New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 410
  • *:Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus .

    • Derived terms

    * cothurnal ----