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Aretino

American  
[ahr-i-tee-noh, ah-re-tee-naw] / ˌɑr ɪˈti noʊ, ˌɑ rɛˈti nɔ /

noun

  1. Pietro 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.


Aretino British  
/ areˈtiːno /

noun

  1. Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1492–1556, Italian satirist, poet, and dramatist, noted for his satirical attacks on leading political figures

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Angela pointed out that, now that the service had begun, they weren’t supposed to go down these steps, but Ken insisted—he didn’t want to miss the Spinello Aretino frescoes in the sacristy.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018

Hale describes an evening when Titian dropped in on Aretino who was roasting some thrushes on a spit.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012

Aretino wrote the beast's Last Will & Testament, assigning Hanno's various organs to those cardinals they most scandalously fitted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starting as a hill town cobbler's son, Aretino became the most powerful and popular writer in Europe, was perhaps the greatest and certainly the dirtiest master of low vernacular prior to Louis-Ferdinand Celine.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when we pass a sister ship, the Aretino or the Cosimo or the Angelo; in mid-ocean, we talk about her and criticise her, and rake out her past history, for days.

From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

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