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improvvisatore

[ eem-prawv-vee-zah-taw-re ]
/ ˌim prɔvˌvi zɑˈtɔ rɛ /

noun, plural im·prov·vi·sa·to·ri [eem-prawv-vee-zah-taw-ree]. /ˌim prɔvˌvi zɑˈtɔ ri/. Italian.

an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.

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Example sentences from the Web for improvvisatore

  • Many readers will remember some account of this in Andersen's "Improvvisatore."

    At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli

  • It is seldom that an improvvisatore attempts to recite without the assistance of music.

    The Diary of an Ennuye|Anna Brownell Jameson

  • His poems fill many volumes; and all display the ease, perspicuity, and obvious beauty of the improvvisatore.

    Modern Italian Poets|William Dean Howells

  • Aretino is an improvvisatore, clever with the pen he uses like a burin.

    Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds