Udall

[ yoo-dawl or, for 1, yood-l ]

noun
  1. Also called Uvedale. Nicholas, 1505–56, English translator and playwright, especially of comedy.

  2. 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.

  • We have to wait for Shakespeare before we can see comedy raised above the architectural standard set by Nicholas Udall.

  • He fortunately added that his example was “taken out of an interlude made by Nicholas Udall.”

    Amenities of Literature | Isaac Disraeli
  • The venerable Nicholas Udall, a contemporary, has also left us a picture of that day.

    Amenities of Literature | Isaac Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for Udall

Udall

Uvedale (ˈjuːdəl, ˈjuːvˌdeɪl)

/ (ˈjuːdəl) /


noun
  1. 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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