Lydgate

[ lid-geyt, -git ]

noun

1. John, c1370–1451?, English monk, poet, and translator.

Lydgate

/ ˈlɪdˌɡeɪt /

noun

1. LydgateJohn?1370?1450MEnglishWRITING: poetRELIGION: monk John. ?1370–?1450, English poet and monk. His vast output includes devotional works and translations, such as that of a French version of Boccaccio's The Fall of Princes (1430–38)

Example Sentences

It is a disgrace to our two universities that no modern edition of Lydgate has been published.

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In fact, the indiscriminate riming of close and open e is a capital test for Lydgate and for work of the fifteenth century.

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Beginning with ioy, endyng in wretchednes'; Lydgate, Falls of Princes, bk.

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This word is as old as Lydgate's time: among his works, quoted by Warton, is a poem "translated from a pamflete in Frenshe."

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Would he do voluminous Lydgate the justice which, as the specialist knows, has so long been withheld from him?

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