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Ariosto

American  
[ahr-ee-os-toh, -oh-stoh, ar-, ah-ree-aws-taw] / ˌɑr iˈɒs toʊ, -ˈoʊ stoʊ, ˌær-, ˌɑ riˈɔs tɔ /

noun

  1. Ludovico 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.


Ariosto British  
/ aˈrjɔsto /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Because they travel at 17,500 miles an hour, Mr. Ariosto writes, they can “puncture a space suit or damage a satellite.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Handel’s marvelous 1735 opera dramatizes characters from an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto that was wildly popular as well as influential in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

After photojournalist David Ariosto went to Cuba in 2009 for CNN, how could he not write a book?

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2018

The many readers of Ariosto and Tasso were no doubt drawn to the stories’ magical trappings.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012

Tasso and Ariosto may have every merit save sincerity; but that is lacking, and Italy has so many noble poets who possess it!

From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway

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