Hoccleve

American  

[hok-leev] / ˈhɒk liv /

noun

1. Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.

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Example Sentences

It was used by Thomas Hoccleve in the Letter of Cupid to describe someone who was slovenly or dirty.

From BBC • May 9, 2011

Favell, the editor of Hoccleve, explains as cajolerie, or flattery, by words given by Carpentier in his supplement to “Du Cange.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

That he had quoted out of Warton’s History the passages from Hoccleve and Bradshaw, not having other texts readily at hand, indicates Malone’s haste to publish the essay originally.

From Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) by Kuist, James M.

The persecution of the Lollards was but an incident in the fifteenth century, little affecting its literature, though the burning of Oldcastle called forth a bad poem by Hoccleve.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Hoccleve, 341, 342, 496, 498, life and works, 501.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules