DECAMERON

Meaning of DECAMERON in English

n. collection of tales written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century

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DECAMERON — (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by …
Английский словарь Webster
DECAMERON — ( n. ) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DECAMERON — noun a celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; written in the 14th century, by …
Webster English vocab
DECAMERON — Decameron BrE AmE di ˈkæm ə r‿ ə n də-, de-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DECAMERON
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DECAMERON — «Декамерон»; книга, состоящая из 10-ти частей (разделов, отдельных историй и т.д.)
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
DECAMERON, THE — — Decameronic /di kam'euh ron"ik/ , adj. /di kam"euhr euhn/ a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECAMERON, THE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOVELLA — Story with a compact and pointed plot, often realistic and satiric in tone. Originating in Italy during the Middle Ages, …
Английский словарь Британика
MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME — or Margaret of Navarra French Marguerite d'Angoulême born April 11, 1492, Angoulême, France died Dec. 21, 1549, Odos-Bigorre Queen consort …
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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI — born 1313, Paris, France died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany Italian poet and scholar. His life was full of difficulties …
Английский словарь Британика
BAD — I. archaic past of bid or of bide II. ˈbad, -aa(ə)d, -aid adjective ( worse ˈwərs, -ə̄s, -əis ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOVELLA — /noh vel"euh/ , n. , pl. novellas, novelle /-vel"ee, -vel"ay/ . 1. a tale or short story of the type …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRISELDA — /gri zel"deuh/ , n. 1. a woman of exemplary meekness and patience. 2. a female given name: from a Germanic …
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BOCCACCIO — /boh kah"chee oh', -choh, beuh-/ ; It. /bawk kaht"chaw/ , n. Giovanni /jee'euh vah"nee/ ; It. /jaw vahn"nee/ , 1313-75, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO — n. (1313-1375) Italian author and poet who grew up in Florence, author of the Decameron
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BOCCACCIO — n. family name; Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian author and poet who grew up in Florence, author of the Decameron
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PORNOGRAPHY
Britannica English vocabulary
NOVELLA — short and well-structured narrative, often realistic and satiric in tone, that influenced the development of the short story and the …
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NOVEL
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NARRATOLOGY — in literary theory, the study of narrative structure. Like structuralism, from which it derived, narratology is based on the idea …
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HUMANISM — an attitude of mind attaching prime importance to human beings and human values, often regarded as the central theme of …
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FRAME STORY — also called frame tale overall unifying story within which one or more tales are related. In the single story, the …
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ANALOGUE — in literature, a story for which there is a counterpart or another version in other literatures. Several of the stories …
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STRAPAROLA, GIANFRANCESCO — born c. 1480, , Caravaggio, duchy of Milan died after 1557 Italian author of one of the earliest and most …
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MILESIAN TALE
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MEDICEAN-LAURENTIAN LIBRARY — Italian Biblioteca Mediceo-laurenziana, collection of books and manuscripts gathered during the 15th century in Florence by Cosimo the Elder and …
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MARGARET OF ANGOULME — born April 11, 1492, Angoulme, Fr. died Dec. 21, 1549, Odos-Bigorre also called Margaret Of Navarre, French Marguerite D'angoulme, or …
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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI — born 1313, Paris, Fr. died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany Boccaccio, detail of a fresco by Andrea del Castagno; in …
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