Decameron, The

[ dih-kam-er-uhn ]

noun

1. a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.

Other Words From

• De·cam·er·on·ic [dih-kam-, uh, -, ron, -ik], adjective

Example Sentences

Given the timely framing of “The Decameron,” the choice was “a no-brainer,” according to Tsikurishvili, who spoke, like most of those interviewed for this story, via Google Meet.

From Washington Post

In Boccaccio’s Decameron, the 14th-century novellas about Florence during the Black Death, some people lived temperately, hoping it would protect their health, secluding themselves from society.

From The Guardian

Based on tales from Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval book “The Decameron,” the film turns out to be much more, an odd, funny, unexpectedly vibrant portrait of people just trying to make things work out.

From Los Angeles Times

In Jeff Baena’s “The Little Hours,” a cheeky adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th century collection of novellas, “The Decameron,” the filmmaker makes an attempt at “nunsploitation,” that 1970s sub-genre of repressed sexuality and confused perversity.

From Los Angeles Times

He found eccentric justification for these beliefs in the few books he read, among them the Decameron, the Bible, the Koran, and “The Travels of Sir John Mandeville,” all in translation.

From The New Yorker