Udall
Also called Uvedale. Nicholas, 1505–56, English translator and playwright, especially of comedy.
Stewart Lee, 1920–2010, U.S. politician: Secretary of the Interior 1961–69.
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How to use Udall in a sentence
Nicholas Udall pronounces judicially in favor of both methods of enriching the language.
Early Theories of Translation | Flora Ross AmosWe have to wait for Shakespeare before we can see comedy raised above the architectural standard set by Nicholas Udall.
The Growth of English Drama | Arnold WynneHe fortunately added that his example was “taken out of an interlude made by Nicholas Udall.”
Amenities of Literature | Isaac DisraeliThe venerable Nicholas Udall, a contemporary, has also left us a picture of that day.
Amenities of Literature | Isaac Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for Udall
Uvedale (ˈjuːdəl, ˈjuːvˌdeɪl)
/ (ˈjuːdəl) /
Nicholas. ?1505–56, English dramatist, whose comedy Ralph Roister Doister (?1553), modelled on Terence and Plautus, is the earliest known English comedy
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