Lucrezia Borgia

[ loo-kret-see-uh bawr-juh, bawr-zhuh, -kree-shuh; Italian loo-kre-tsyah bawr-jah ]

noun

1. an opera (1833) by Gaetano Donizetti.

Borgia, Lucrezia

1. A sister of the Italian politician Cesare Borgia and, like him, famous for her treachery.

Example Sentences

That was not the device of a woman who loved—it savored rather of the cool state-craft of a Lucrezia Borgia.

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I regard Lucrezia Borgia as a homicidal maniac, and Torquemada as a religious maniac.

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In 1499 the equivocal, enigmatic Lucrezia Borgia came to inhabit the castle of Spoleto.

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Madame Brinvilliers's opinion of Lucrezia Borgia would be edifying reading!

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The London season of 1839 was remarkable for the production of "Lucrezia Borgia."

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