Piozzi

[ pee-ot-see; Italian pyawt-tsee ]

/ piˈɒt si; Italian ˈpyɔt tsi /

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Words nearby Piozzi

Pioneer Day, pioneering, piopio, piosity, pious, Piozzi, pip, pi-pa, pipage, pipal, pipe

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How to use Piozzi in a sentence

She lies buried beside her beloved Piozzi at Tremeirchion church in the Vale of Clwyd.
History's Most Memorable Mistress|Ian McIntyre|December 26, 2008|DAILY BEAST
From 1776 to 1809 Mrs. Piozzi kept a copious diary and note-book, called "Thraliana."
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)|Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi
The appeal about to be hazarded on behalf of Mrs. Piozzi, will involve little or no risk of this kind.
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)|Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi
Mrs. Piozzi remarks on this passage: "He teased Mrs. Cotton about her dry cascade till she was ready to cry."
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)|Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi

Piozzi was the music master from Brescia who, a little over three years after Mr. Thrale's death, married the widow.
Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Mr. Leslie Stephen says: "Her love of Piozzi, which was both warm and permanent, is the most amiable feature of her character."
Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for Piozzi

Piozzi

/ (ˈpjɔːtsɪ) /

noun

Hester Lynch. See (Hester Lynch) Thrale

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