int. In 7 -agio. [It. coraggio courage. (Cf. bravo!)] Courage! as a hortatory exclamation.

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1601.  Shaks., All’s Well, II. v. 97. Brauely, Coragio. Ibid. (1610), Temp., V. i. 258. Coragio, Bully-Monster, Coragio.

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1850.  Macaulay, Diary, 12 Jan. But coraggio! and think of A. D. 2850. Where will your Emersons be then?

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