Tear-throat
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A blustering, boisterous person. obsolete
"The majestical king of fishes, heroical most magnificent Herring, armed with white and red, keeps his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear-throat in open arms, but like wise Diogenes in a barrel[…]"
- 2 An overactor. obsolete
- 1 Vociferous. obsolete
"[…]upon which was erected the true picture of a most unmatchable Hangman[…]for this tear-throat termagant is a fellow in folio, a commander of such great command, and of such greatness to command, that I never saw any that in that respect could countermand him[…]"
- 2 Amateurish; characterized by overacting. obsolete
"Or was he just going to expose the tear-throat acting in the Rose?"
Synonyms
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More examples"The majestical king of fishes, heroical most magnificent Herring, armed with white and red, keeps his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear-throat in open arms, but like wise Diogenes in a barrel[…]"
Etymology
From tear + throat.
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