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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Inspired by Boccaccio and the 7 p.m. cheers for frontline workers during the pandemic, the piece offers a hard-won vision of a more beautiful place.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

Some in Florence shut themselves inside their homes and lived in isolation, according to a detailed account from 14th-century writer and poet Giovanni Boccaccio.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

Shortly before the London lockdown, at an eerily quiet branch of Waterstones, I managed to get my hands on The Decameron, by Boccaccio, and Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year.

From The Guardian ● May 1, 2020

It is believed that Boccaccio obtained this tale from some tradition of ancient Greece, where Basil is a symbol of hatred and despair.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse