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Meaning of tear-throat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A blustering, boisterous person.
    obsolete
  2. An overactor.
    obsolete

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[…]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

tear-up tear, snag Tearable tearabout tearage tearaway

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