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Definition of: Decameron
(di·kam′ər·ən)
A collection of 100 stories by Boccaccio (published 1353), told by ten Florentines who secluded themselves for ten days from their plague–striken city. [<Ital. decamerone <Gk. deka ten + hēmera day]
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