cothurnate

English

Etymology

From cothurn +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

cothurnate (comparative more cothurnate, superlative most cothurnate) (obsolete)

1. Wearing a cothurn, or (by extension) tragic, solemn.

References

• “cothurnate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.