Tasso

[ tas-oh; Italian tahs-saw ]

/ ˈtæs oʊ; Italian ˈtɑs sɔ /

noun

Tor·qua·to

[tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/, 1544–95, Italian poet.

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Examples from the Web for tasso

De Oliveira had good reports as a pupil at the Tasso da Silveira school, but he was mocked by fellow students.
Brazil's School Shooting: What Happened Inside|Dom Phillips|April 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Tasso wrote his finest pieces in the lucid intervals of madness.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V|Various
One of Tasso's most beautiful sonnets was composed on some occasion when her physician had forbidden her to sing.
The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2)|Anna Jameson
Such, according to Tasso, was the spirit of the Swiss Crusaders.
The Counts of Gruyre|Mrs. Reginald de Koven

Perhaps the nature of the dream might have been devised by the book—Tasso's Divine Poem!
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851|Various
Ladies are never admitted to visit the convent, except on April 25th, the anniversary of the death of Tasso.
Walks in Rome|Augustus J.C. Hare

British Dictionary definitions for tasso

Tasso

/ (Italian 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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