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

Ohio, Arizona and Illinois have become less attractive after pausing or axing exemptions, said Ian Boccaccio of tax firm Ryan.

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

Its terrors were chronicled by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian writer and poet who lived through the plague when it struck Florence.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

I first heard the work of powerhouse flutist/composer Loggins-Hull, 39, as part of the Library of Congress’s 2020 pandemic-padding Boccaccio Project.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2022

Somewhat later, and not before 1497, Altobello Melone and Boccaccio Boccaccino, two Cremonese artists, were employed in completing the frieze of the cathedral.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi

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