Decameron, The

[ dih-kam-er-uh n ]

/ dɪˈkæm ər ən /

noun

a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.

Related formsDe·cam·er·on·ic

[dih-kam-uh-ron-ik] /dɪˌkæm əˈrɒn ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for decameron

Heavier even than a knapsack containing a spirit kettle and a Decameron and biscuit remainders in a paper bag, it must be.
The Lee Shore|Rose Macaulay
The Filostrato soon followed; and here for the first time we find the future author of the Decameron.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
At five o'clock teas she loved to speak to pious ladies of Boccaccio and the Decameron, to the vexation of her Mamma.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11|Friedrich Spielhagen
The remorseless but light satire of the Decameron spares none of the ideals of the age.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

Little more than a tenth of the Decameron is bad: less than a twentieth of the Divina Commedia is good.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor

Word Origin and History for decameron

Decameron

c.1600, from Italian Decamerone, name of Boccaccio's 14c. collection of 100 tales supposedly told over 10 days, from Greek deka "ten" (see ten) + hemera "day" (see ephemera).