Dictionary entry

Decameron

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐cam″e‐ron (?), n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. δέκα ten + � part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from � day: cf. F. décaméron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; — written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.