Ariosto

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

/ ˌɑr iˈɒs toʊ, -ˈoʊ stoʊ, ˌær-; Italian ˌɑ riˈɔs tɔ /

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noun

Lu·do·vi·co

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

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Arimidex, Ariminum, Arion, ariose, arioso, Ariosto, Ariovistus, aripiprazole, -aris, arise, arista

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How to use Ariosto in a sentence

This was a woman to whom the normally acid-penned poet Ariosto wrote tributes.
The Borgias' Entertaining Excess|Allen Barra|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A third poem, Nerto, appeared in 1884, and showed the poet in a new light; his admirers now compared him to Ariosto.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
Ludovico Ariosto, the Italian poet, is by some authorities said to have died on this day.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Ariosto is worse; Smollett ten times worse; Fielding no better.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli

She really had the heroical aspect in a grandiose-grotesque, fitted to some lines of Ariosto.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
The house of Ariosto is one of Ferraras most popular attractions, though indeed it is not remarkable architecturally.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ariosto

Ariosto

/ (Italian aˈrjɔsto) /

noun

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

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