Ariosto

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

noun

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

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Contemporary Examples of ariosto

This was a woman to whom the normally acid-penned poet Ariosto wrote tributes.
The Borgias' Entertaining Excess
Allen Barra
May 21, 2011

Historical Examples of ariosto

Angela had not read Ariosto, but Nanette had done so several times.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Ariosto; but I cannot say I love him better than the others, for he is my only love.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
These are the men of whom Ariosto says: Their faith goes no higher than the roof.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt
Such were the Este whom Ariosto in his poem lauded to the skies.
Lucretia Borgia
Ferdinand Gregorovius
Ariosto and Tasso were no more free from it than were Horace and Virgil.
Lucretia Borgia
Ferdinand Gregorovius

British Dictionary definitions for ariosto

Ariosto

noun

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

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