JORGE FERREIRA DE VASCONCELLOS
\hˈɔːhe͡ɪ fˈɛɹe͡əɹə də vˌaskənt͡ʃˈɛlə͡ʊz], \hˈɔːheɪ fˈɛɹeəɹə də vˌaskəntʃˈɛləʊz], \h_ˈɔː_h_eɪ f_ˈɛ_ɹ_eə_ɹ_ə d_ə v_ˌa_s_k_ə_n_tʃ_ˈɛ_l_əʊ_z]\
Definitions of JORGE FERREIRA DE VASCONCELLOS
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A Portuguese dramatist; died 1585. His prose comedies, "Euphrosyne" (1560), "Usilippo" (1618), "Aulegraphia" (1619), are strictly national, and are valuable both philologically and for the proverbs in which they abound. He wrote also a romance of chivalry, "The Triumph of Sagramor" (1567).
By Charles Dudley Warner
