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Decameron definition

De·cam·eron (di kam′ər ən)

noun

a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague

Etymology: It Decamerone < Gr deka, ten + hēmera, day

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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