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  • proper noun A collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.

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Meaning "ten days", coined from Ancient Greek δέκα (deka, "ten") and ἡμέρα (hēmerā, "day").

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