Buskined
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wearing buskins. not-comparable
"Her buskin'd virgins traced the dewy lawn."
- 2 Trodden by buskins. not-comparable
"Or what (though rare) of later age, / Ennobled hath the buskined stage."
- 3 Tragic, dignified or serious in style. not-comparable
"That simplicity of the Greek plot, that sobriety of Greek manners, that sustained, buskined style of expression, song making, spectacle[…]all these things lay[…]in the origins of Greek tragedy."
Synonyms
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More examples"Her buskin'd virgins traced the dewy lawn."
Etymology
From buskin + -ed.
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