Boccaccio

American  

[boh-kah-chee-oh, -choh, buh-, bawk-kaht-chaw] / boʊˈkɑ tʃiˌoʊ, -tʃoʊ, bə-, bɔkˈkɑt tʃɔ /

noun

1. Giovanni 1313–75, Italian writer: author of the Decameron.

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Boccaccio British  

/ bokˈkattʃo /

noun

1. Giovanni (dʒoˈvani). 1313–75, Italian poet and writer, noted particularly for his Decameron (1353), a collection of 100 short stories. His other works include Filostrato (?1338) and Teseida (1341)

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Boccaccio

“This is a passing fad,” Boccaccio said of the opposition, “and in two years we won’t have these issues with data centers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Renaissance author Giovanni Boccaccio named Giotto, who died in 1337, "the best painter in the world".

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

“Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope” bites off a lot, no question, with subjects as varied as Boccaccio, Frederick Douglass and Bertrand Russell.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

“Many departed this life,” Boccaccio wrote, “without anyone at all as a witness.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

I have written those of Petrarch, Boccaccio, etc., and am now engaged on Macchiavelli; this takes up my time, and is a source of interest and pleasure.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall