Goldoni

[ gawl-doh-nee; Italian gawl-daw-nee ]

/ gɔlˈdoʊ ni; Italian gɔlˈdɔ ni /

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noun

Car·lo

[kahr-loh; Italian kahr-law], /ˈkɑr loʊ; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/, 1707–93, Italian dramatist.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Goldoni

Gol·do·ni·an, adjective

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How to use Goldoni in a sentence

Yet he deserved the stinging epigram which Goldoni uttered on his character: "A smile upon his lips and venom in his heart."
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
But when Goldoni attacked it, and Gozzi rose in its defence, the type was already on the wane.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
Goldoni had already produced a comedy, called Il Teatro Comico, setting forth his views regarding the reform of the drama.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
Goldoni, in the comedy The Persian Wife, gives us a glimpse of coffee making in the middle of the eighteenth century.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers

Longhi surveyed human life with the same kindly glance and the same absence of gravity or depth of intuition as Goldoni.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Goldoni

Goldoni

/ (Italian ɡolˈdoːni) /

noun

Carlo (ˈkarlo). 1707–93, Italian dramatist; author of over 250 plays in Italian or French, including La Locandiera (1753). His work introduced realistic Italian comedy, superseding the commedia dell'arte

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