BOCCACCIO

Meaning of BOCCACCIO in English

Boc ‧ cac ‧ ci ‧ o, Gio ‧ van ‧ ni /bɒˈkætʃiəʊ $ -ˈkɑːt-, dʒəʊˈvɑːni/ BrE AmE

(1313–75) an Italian writer whose book of stories called The ↑ Decameron had an important influence on European literature

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BOCCACCIO — biographical name Giovanni 1313-1375 Italian author
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOCCACCIO — /boh kah"chee oh', -choh, beuh-/ ; It. /bawk kaht"chaw/ , n. Giovanni /jee'euh vah"nee/ ; It. /jaw vahn"nee/ , 1313-75, …
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BOCCACCIO — n. large California rock fish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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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BOCCACCIO — biographical name Giovanni 1313-1375 Italian author
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOCCACCIO — Boccaccio BrE AmE bɒ ˈkɑːtʃ i‿əʊ bə-, -ˈkætʃ- AmE boʊ ˈkɑːtʃ i‿oʊ —Italian [ bok ˈkat tʃo \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOCCACCIO — Боккаччо, Джованни
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOCCACCIO — n. Pronunciation: b ō - ' kä-ch( ē - ˌ ) ō Function: biographical name Giovanni 1313-1375 Ital. author
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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 …
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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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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI — Boc ‧ cac ‧ ci ‧ o, Gio ‧ van ‧ ni /bɒˈkætʃiəʊ $ -ˈkɑːt-, dʒəʊˈvɑːni/ BrE AmE (1313–75) an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI — born 1313, Paris, France died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany Italian poet and scholar. His life was full of difficulties …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Lovers in medieval romance, based on characters from Greek mythology . In the Iliad , Troilus, son of Priam and …
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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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LOREN, SOPHIA — orig. Sofia Villani Scicolone born Sept. 20, 1934, Rome, Italy Italian film actress. After a poverty-stricken childhood in war-torn Naples, …
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GIOVANNI — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Giovanni Antonio Canal Giovanni da Bologna Tommaso Di Giovanni Di Simone Guidi Stefano di …
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ECLOGUE — Short, usually pastoral, poem in the form of a dialogue or soliloquy (see pastoral ). The eclogue as a pastoral …
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BOCACCIO — bōˈkäˌchō, bəˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology (influence of Giovanni Boccaccio died 1375 Italian writer) from …
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TRECENTO — (n. & a.) The fourteenth century, when applied to Italian art, literature, etc. It marks the period of Dante, Petrarch, …
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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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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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TROILUS — the son of Priam, king of Troy, in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Young and innocent, Troilus falls in love with …
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ITALIAN LITERATURE — the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that …
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FLORENCE, UNIVERSITY OF — Italian Universit Degli Studi Di Firenze, university that originated in Florence in 1321 and became later in the century, through …
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CRUSCA ACADEMY — Italian Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the Chaff) Italian literary academy founded in Florence in 1582 for the purpose of …
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LOREN, SOPHIA — v. orig. Sofia Villani Scicolone born Sept. 20, 1934, Rome, Italy Italian film actress. After a poverty-stricken childhood in war-torn …
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