buskined
/ˈbʌskɪnd/
adjective
- Wearing buskins (thick-soled boots or half-boots, especially those worn in ancient Greek or Roman tragedy).
- The actor strode across the stage, buskined and robed for the tragic role.
- The festival featured buskined performers reenacting scenes from classical plays.
- In the museum, a statue of a buskined figure represented the spirit of ancient drama.
- Relating to or characteristic of tragic drama; lofty or elevated in style.
- The novel's buskined prose felt more like a classical tragedy than a modern story.
- Her buskined speech moved the audience to tears with its grand, sorrowful tone.
- He adopted a buskined manner when discussing the fate of the kingdom.