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Decameron|dɪˈkæmərən|
[a. It. Decamerone, f. Gr. δέκα ten + ἡµέρα day, after Hexāmeron, mediæval corruption of Hexahemeron or Hexaëmeron, Gr. ἑξαήµερον. The Greek form would be δεχήµερον or δεκαήµερον.]
The title of a work by Boccaccio containing a hundred tales which are supposed to be related in ten days; used allusively by Ben Jonson. Hence Decameˈronic a., characteristic of or resembling Boccaccio's work.
1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. i. iii, Cler. When were you there? Daup. Last night: and such a Decameron of sport fallen out! Boccace never thought of the like. |