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Bembo

1

/ ˈbɛmbəʊ /

noun

  1. a style of type
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Bembo

2

/ ˈbɛmbo /

noun

  1. BemboPietro14701547MItalianMISC: scholarWRITING: poetRELIGION: clergyman Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1470–1547, Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1539). His treatise Prose della volgar lingua (1525) helped to establish a standard form of literary Italian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bembo1

C20: named after Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal, because the design of the typeface was based on one used for an edition of his tract De ætna by the printer Aldus Manutius
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Example Sentences

One of the most eminent (Bembo) considers it to be nothing more than an unconnected string of proverbs.

She half heard Bembo's rapid high-pitched excitement over trifles.

Bembo, cardinal and man of letters, was born in Venice in 1470 and died in 1547.

The famous Cardinal Bembo and other literati made the island their retreat, and beautified it with gardens and fountains.

Then the Calle Bembo, and then various offices on the fondamenta, under chiefly red façades.

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