Ariosto

[ahr-ee-os-toh, -oh-stoh, ar-; It. ah-ree-aws-taw]

noun

Lu·do·vi·co

[loo-daw-vee-kaw] , 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.

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Ariosto (Italian aˈrjɔsto)

—n
	Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474--1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)

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