ARIOSTO

Meaning of ARIOSTO in English

/ahr'ee os"toh, -oh"stoh, ar'-/ ; It. /ah'rddee aws"taw/ , n.

Ludovico /looh'daw vee"kaw/ , 1474-1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ARIOSTO — biographical name Ludovico 1474-1533 Italian poet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARIOSTO — biographical name Ludovico 1474-1533 Italian poet
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARIOSTO — Ariosto BrE AmE ˌær i ˈɒst əʊ AmE ˌɑːr i ˈɑːst oʊ -ˈɔːst-, -ˈoʊst- —Italian [ a ˈɾjɔs to, a …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARIOSTO — Pronunciation: ˌ är- ē - ' o ̇ -( ˌ )st ō Function: biographical name Ludovico 1474-1533 Ital. poet
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO — born Sept. 8, 1474, Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena [Italy] died July 6, 1533, Ferrara Italian poet. His epic poem …
Английский словарь Британика
ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO — born Sept. 8, 1474, Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena died July 6, 1533, Ferrara Italian poet remembered for his epic …
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ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO — born Sept. 8, 1474, Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena [Italy] died July 6, 1533, Ferrara Italian poet. His epic poem …
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RODOMONTE — Rodomonte npr [boastful character in a work by Ariosto]; rodomonte boaster, bragger, rodomont
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AUTOGRAPH — Any manuscript handwritten by its author; in common usage, a handwritten signature. Aside from its value as a collector's item, …
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COMFORT — I. ˈkəm(p)fə(r)t sometimes especially by clergymen -ˌfȯrt or -ȯ(ə)t; usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English comfort, confort, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RODOMONT — ˈrädəˌmänt, ˈrōd- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian rodomonte, from Rodomonte, Rodamonte, fierce and boastful Moorish king of Algiers in …
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TERZA RIMA — Italian verse form consisting of stanzas of three lines (tercets); the first and third lines rhyming with one another and …
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OTTAVA RIMA — Italian stanza form composed of eight 11-syllable lines, rhyming abababcc. It originated in the late 13th and early 14th centuries …
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ORC — a mythical creature (such as a sea monster, a giant, or an ogre) of horrid form or aspect. The word …
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MADRIGAL — form of vocal chamber music that originated in northern Italy during the 14th century, declined and all but disappeared in …
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HIPPOGRIFF — a legendary animal that has the foreparts of a winged griffin and the body and hindquarters of a horse. The …
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FAIRY — also spelled faerie or faery a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth …
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EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
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COMMEDIA ERUDITA — (Italian: learned comedy), 16th-century Italian dramatic form that, unlike its theatrical contemporary, the vernacular and improvisational commedia dell'arte, followed scripts …
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CHANSON DE GESTE — (French song of deeds) any of the Old French epic poems forming the core of the Charlemagne legends. More than …
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CANTO — major division of an epic or other long narrative poem. An Italian term, derived from the Latin cantus (song), it …
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BLANK VERSE — unrhymed iambic pentameter, the preeminent dramatic and narrative verse form in English and also the standard form for dramatic verse …
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AUTOGRAPH — any manuscript handwritten by its author, either in alphabetical or musical notation. (The term also refers to a person's handwritten …
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URBINO MAIOLICA — maiolica also spelled Majolica, Italian tin-glazed earthenware made in the city of Urbino, which from around 1520 dominated the market. …
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TITIAN — born 1488/90, Pieve di Cadore, republic of Venice died Aug. 27, 1576, Venice Italian in full Tiziano Vecellio, or Vecelli …
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TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE — comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, produced about 159394 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623. Considered …
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SPANISH LITERATURE
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SA DE MIRANDA, FRANCISCO DE — born Aug. 28, 1481?, Coimbra, Port. died , May? 1558, Tapada the first of the Portuguese Renaissance poets. The illegitimate …
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ITALIAN LITERATURE — the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that …
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HARINGTON, SIR JOHN — born 1561 died Nov. 20, 1612, Kelston, Somerset, Eng. English Elizabethan courtier, translator, author, and wit who also invented the …
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FERRARA — city, capital of Ferrara provincia, Emilia-Romagna regione, northern Italy, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the Po …
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DOSSO DOSSI — born 1479, 90, Mantua?, March of Mantua died 1542, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara original name Giovanni Lutero, or Luteri late …
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