Ariosto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrjɔ.sto/, /a.riˈɔ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɔsto
• Hyphenation: A‧riò‧sto, A‧ri‧ò‧sto

Proper noun

Ariosto m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet

   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1833 (in English), Giulietta—A Tale of the Forteeenth Century:

     The young countess touched her lute—it had no music; she gathered flowers—they had no sweetness; she turned to the fairy page of Ariosto—but she took no interest in his knights or dames; and at length the day was spent ere she had finished pacing the hall, and imagining all the possible and impossible dangers that could befall Carrara.

Anagrams

• aoristo, staioro