Cothurnal Tragic Koh Thur Nuhl Adjective Related Tragedy Acting.  Latin

Of or related to tragedy or tragic acting. 

[From Latin, from Greek kothornos (a thick-soled laced boot worn by tragic actors in ancient Athenian tragedies).]

"The first thing that strikes the listeners is the grotesque and parodic transformation of the habitual musical idioms, ... devoid of any shade of elevation and enthusiasm inherent in oratorical declarations, as if an imaginary hero, invisibly assuming a cothurnal pose, is just going to make faces and put out his tongue at the public." - V. Tsenova; Underground Music from the Former USSR; Routledge; 1998.