Bojardo

[ boi-ahr-doh; Italian baw-yahr-daw ]

/ bɔɪˈɑr doʊ; Italian bɔˈyɑr dɔ /

Mat·te·o Ma·ri·a

[mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/. Boiardo, Matteo Maria.

Definition for bojardo (2 of 2)

Boiardo

[ boi-ahr-doh; Italian baw-yahr-daw ]

/ bɔɪˈɑr doʊ; Italian bɔˈyɑr dɔ /

Mat·te·o Ma·ri·a

[mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/,1434–94, Italian poet.

Bojardo, as a wealthy country gentleman and high official, belonged to this class.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy |Jacob Burckhardt
Bojardo also calls the water-nymphs Fate; and our old translators of the Classics named them fairies.

The Fairy Mythology |Thomas Keightley
In the pages of Bojardo and those other poets whom you have read too earnestly there may be.

The Shame of Motley |Raphael Sabatini
He then sat down at the table, on which the old edition of Bojardo was lying open as before.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock

Or after those of Bojardo, which are in part the same as his.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy |Jacob Burckhardt

Boiardo

/ (Italian boˈjardo) /

Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano 1434–94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)