DELLA CRUSCAN
\dˈɛlə kɹˈʌskən], \dˈɛlə kɹˈʌskən], \d_ˈɛ_l_ə k_ɹ_ˈʌ_s_k_ə_n]\
Definitions of DELLA CRUSCAN
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(Member) of the Florentine Academy della Crusca, a society for purifying the Italian language, which issued an authoritative dictionary; following artificial literary methods; member of a late 18th c. artificial English school of poetry.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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