Definition of Furioso

1. a. & adv. With great force or vigor; vehemently.

Definition of Furioso

1. Adverb. (music) To be played rapidly and with passion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furioso

1. with great force -- used as a musical direction [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furioso

furfurol
furfurol reaction
furfurols
furfurous
furfurs
furfuryl
furfuryls
furial
furibund
furibundal
furies
furigana
furile
furilic
furin
furioso (current term)
furiosos
furious
furious rabies
furiously
furiousness
furkid
furkids
furl
furlable
furlana
furlanas
furled
furler
furlers

Literary usage of Furioso

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"There a translation of the " Orlando furioso," poor indeed, but popular, had been published by Urrea before 1550. An imitation soon followed, ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1908)
"Le Fonti dell' Orlando furioso. Ricerche e studi di Pio Rajna. Second edition. Florence: Sansoni, 1900. 7. The King of Court Poets. A study of the Work, ..."

3. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"Yet neither the Satires nor the Lyrics reveal the author of the ' furioso.' The artist in Ariosto was greater than the man; and the ' furioso,' conceived ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"furioso, a violent impetuous man. A violent man and a furioso was deaf to all this.— Harket, Life of Williams, ii. 218. You would have thought this one-and- ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"Orlando furioso, translated into English ... THIS forms the concluding volume of the translation of the Orlando furioso, upon which Mr. ..."

6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Orlando furioso. Au epic poem in forty-six cantos, by Ariosto (digested Цу Hoole into twenty-four books, but retained by Rose in the original form). ..."

7. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"During his leisure hours throughout a period of ten years he wrote his masterpiece, "Orlando furioso" (Orlando Mad), an epic poem in forty-five cantos, ..."

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