English
Etymology
Alteration of Italian ragusea, after Ragusa, now Dubrovnik; a large ship
Noun
en-noun|argosies
- A merchant ship.
- A merchant flotilla, fleet.
#:1594 ''Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses, And twelve tight galleys; these I will assure her, And twice as much, whate'er thou offer'st next. � Shakespeare, s:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew#SCENE_I._Padua._A_public_place.|The Taming of the Shrew.
- Popular englishing of the w:Argonautika of w: Apollonios Rhodios.
#:1918 Roger chuckled. "I hope you don't think I'm a mere highbrow," he said. "As a customer said to me once, without meaning to be funny, `I like both the Iliad and the Argosy.' The only thing I can't stand is literature that is unfairly and intentionally flavoured with vanilla. Confectionery soon disgusts the palate, whether you find it in Marcus Aurelius or Doctor Crane. � Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop, Chapter 6.
- A collection of lore.
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