Tasso

[ tas-oh; Italian tahs-saw ]

noun

1. Tor·qua·to [taw, r, -, kwah, -taw], 1544–95, Italian poet.

Tasso

/ ˈtasso /

noun

1. TassoTorquato15441595MItalianWRITING: poet Torquato (torˈkwaːto). 1544–95, Italian poet, noted for his pastoral idyll Aminta (1573) and for Jerusalem Delivered (1581), dealing with the First Crusade

Example Sentences

De Oliveira had good reports as a pupil at the Tasso da Silveira school, but he was mocked by fellow students.

From The Daily Beast

The Presbyterian Church of Piraquara is feeding police and journalists who still surround the nearby Tasso da Silveira school.

From The Daily Beast

Tasso stared past him at the remains of Rudi, at the blackened, smouldering fragments and bits of cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

Tasso led him rapidly away, her eyes intense and bright, watching for claws that had escaped the blast.

From Project Gutenberg

The two Tasso Types moved on, expressionless, walking side by side, through the gray ash.

From Project Gutenberg

Tasso gripped the take-off switch, running her fingers over the smooth metal.

From Project Gutenberg

"Tasso," answered Billy; and then seeing Mr. Parker at a distance, and wishing to speak to him, he walked away.

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