Ariosto

[ ahr-ee-os-toh, -oh-stoh, ar-; Italian ah-ree-aws-taw ]

noun
  1. Lu·do·vi·co [loo-daw-vee-kaw], /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/, 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.

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Ariosto

/ (Italian aˈrjɔsto) /


noun
  1. Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)

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