[
US
/ˈfɫɔɹioʊ/
]
NOUN
- English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
How To Use Florio In A Sentence
- To try to cut down on internecine warfare, Mr Florio oversaw annual meetings at which he encouraged publishers to work together.
- _Florio_ (ed. 1611): 'to leape or seaze greedily upon, to souze downe as a hauke.' p. 93 _this Balatroon. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV.
- Mr Florio also authorized aggressive new deals for some big advertisers, luring back General Motors in the process.
- Indeed Florio, in his dictionary of 1598, bracketed the two terms when he wrote: ‘a kinde of clouted cream called a foole or a trifle.’
