Pulci

/ (Italian ˈpultʃi) /

noun

Luigi (ˈlwiːdʒi). 1432–84, Italian poet. His masterpiece is the comic epic poem Morgante (1483)

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Words nearby Pulci

pulao, Pulaski, Pulau Pinang, pulchritude, pulchritudinous, Pulci, pule, Pulesati, Pulex, puli, pulicicide

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Example sentences from the Web for Pulci

Pulci and Poliziano join hands with girls from the workshop and the attic.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Charles is such as the traditions of the myth and the requirements of the plot -446-obliged Pulci to make him.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Pulci must answer for his own irreligion: I answer for the translation only.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV|Thomas Moore
Byron had first adopted the stanza in his translation of Pulci's Morgante Maggiore, which is itself in ottava rime.
The Principles of English Versification|Paull Franklin Baum

I do not mean that other poets—Pulci and Bello, for example—had not interwoven episodical novelle.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

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