Tasso

American

[tas-oh, tahs-saw] / ˈtæs oʊ, ˈtɑs sɔ /

noun

Torquato 1544–95, Italian poet.

Tasso British

/ ˈtasso /

noun

Torquato (torˈkwaːto). 1544–95, Italian poet, noted for his pastoral idyll Aminta (1573) and for Jerusalem Delivered (1581), dealing with the First Crusade

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The Tasso di Matari in Sardinia, Italy, is one of the island's oldest yew trees, standing for centuries in the Supramonte di Urzulei.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025

“We want to make it as easy on the players as possible,” said Tasso Panopoulos, whose many responsibilities with the Chargers include having the loops ready to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024

Some veteran members of the party have endorsed da Silva, such as Sen. Tasso Jereissatti and former Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

None of the articles — on, for example, Oscar Wilde, the poet Tasso and the neglected comic novelist P.H.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2020

Then there sounds a sudden silence—the public pulse has ceased for a moment—followed by a hymn, built on the Tasso theme.

From Franz Liszt by James Huneker

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