Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Pulci

British  
/ ˈpultʃi /

noun

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

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Many of the most powerful families were heretics or open defenders of heresy—the Baroni, Pulci, Cipriani, Cavalcanti, Saraceni, and Malpresa.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

This is burlesque, and Pulci seems to have been the inventor of the genre.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

It was published as the work, as far as the first Book, of Luca Pulci, completed and restored by Bernardo Giambullari.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

In English poetry his predilection was for the older writers from Chaucer to Dryden, and above all others for Spenser: in Italian for Boiardo, Ariosto, Pulci and the later writers of the chivalrous-fanciful epic style.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

Pulci dealt with the Carolingian Cycle in what may be termed a bourgeois spirit.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training