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Michelangelo

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒɪloʊ//
  • //ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒəloʊ//

A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).

    In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo.

    There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today!

    Where did Picasso come from? / There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh

Etymology

From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) + Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.

Forms

plural
Michelangelos
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