boccaccesco
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Boccaccio + -esco (“-esque”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
boccaccesco (feminine boccaccesca, masculine plural boccacceschi, feminine plural boccaccesche)
- Boccaccian (pertaining to or reminiscing Giovanni Boccaccio and his works)
- Synonym: boccacciano
- (by extension) licentious, indecent, lascivious
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- boccaccesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana