Decameron

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Decameron: see Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni , 1313–75, Italian poet and storyteller, author of the Decameron. Born in Paris, the illegitimate son of a Tuscan merchant and a French woman, he was educated at Certaldo and Naples by his father, who wanted him to take up commerce
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No references found			Decameron comes from two Greek words deka, ten, and hemera, a day, the book being so called because the stories in it were supposed to be told in ten days. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context Having met the advance made to him, in those terms, he paused, expecting Geoffrey to leave him free to return to the Decameron. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context Some critics believe that her garden was the scene of The Decameron, which lends it an additional interest, does it not? A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context			Debye-Waller factor DEC DEC Alpha DEC Wars deca- decaborane Decade decade box decade bridge decade counter decade scaler Decadence Decadents decagon decahedron decahydrate decahydronaphthalene decal decalcification Decalcomania decalescence Decalin decaliter decalitre Decalogue Decameron Decameron, The decameter decametre decametric wave Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel Decane Decani decani side decanning decanol Decantation decanter decanth larva Decapitation decapod Decapoda Decapolis DeCarava, Roy decarbonize decarboxylase decarboxylate Decarboxylation Decarburization decarburize decastere			Decalcomania with no preconceived object Decalcomania with no preconceived object Décalcomanie Décalcomanie decalescence decalescence decalescent decalescent Decalin decaliter decaliter decaliter decaliters decaliters decalitre decalitre decalitre decalitre decalitres decalitres Decalog Decalog Decalogist Decalogue Decalogue Decalogue Society of Lawyers Decals Decals Decaluwe Systems Engineering DECAM Decameron Decameron, The decameter decameter decameters decameters Decamethonium Decamethonium bromide decamethylcyclopentasiloxane decametre decametre decametre decametre decametres decametres decametric decametric decametric wave decamp decamp decamped decamped decamping decamping decampment decampment decampments decampments decamps decamps Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel

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