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Boccaccio's "The ___"
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decameron
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Wikipedia
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Decameron is the second studio album by San Francisco Bay thrash metal band Epidemic . It was released in 1992 and is considered by many fans as Epidemic's best work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decameron \De*cam"e*ron\, n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ? part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from "hme`ra day: cf. F. d['e]cam['e]ron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written ...
Wiktionary
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n. A collection of 100 novellas by Italian author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ).
Usage examples of decameron.
King Robert was then dead, but Boccaccio enjoyed the favour of Queen Joan, of somewhat doubtful memory, at whose instance he hints in one of his later letters that he wrote the Decameron.
Without impugning Boccaccio's veracity we can hardly but think that the Decameron would have seen the light, though Queen Joan had withheld her encouragement.