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Boccaccio is an English word with synonyms like poet. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Boccaccio in a sentence

Boccaccio meaning

A surname from Italian.

Synonyms of Boccaccio

giovanni boccaccio poet

Related words

Other words often associated with Boccaccio or its synonyms:

author writer

Using Boccaccio

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Italian.
  • Useful related words include: giovanni boccaccio, poet.
  • In the example corpus, boccaccio often appears in combinations such as: from boccaccio, boccaccio was, and boccaccio.

Context around Boccaccio

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 15 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

theme 1× although 1× giovanni 1× younger 1×

Often after:

may 2× belonged 1× imagines 1× story 1× depicting 1× paid 1× began 1× believes 1× combined 1× follows 1×

Sentence patterns with Boccaccio

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

boccaccio may have 2× also boccaccio often tells 1× although boccaccio was the 1× boccaccio as he 1× boccaccio began work 1× boccaccio believes that 1× boccaccio combined two 1× boccaccio follows these 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

boccaccio may have 2× after a complaint 1× all the details 1× also boccaccio often 1× although boccaccio was 1× although we will 1×

Common sentence endings:

a young man 1× as an egg 1× boccaccio s genealogiae 1× certainly not true 1× citation around 1349 1× consecrated to god 1×

Words around Boccaccio

Just before it in the word index:

bocca 3 bocc 24 bocaue 2 bocas 10 bocardo 3 bocanegra 8

Just after it in the word index:

boccanegra 2 boccasini 2 bocce 28 boccherini 3 bocchi 10 bocchini 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

abnormality 73 absenteeism 73 absorbent 73 acapulco 73 acceded 73 acevedo 73

Corpus analysis for Boccaccio

  • In this selection, "boccaccio" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, theme, although, giovanni, may, belonged and imagines stand out and add context to how "boccaccio" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include boccaccio may have and also boccaccio often tells. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "boccaccio" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with boccaccio

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Boccaccio may have invented many of them himself. (8 words)

Boccaccio probably used a French version of the tale. (9 words)

All the details are evidently borrowed from Boccaccio 's Genealogiae. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

However, Boccaccio's version is unique in that the husband in the tale preserves both his honor and that of his wife, and emphasis on "keeping up appearances" that is distinct of the Renaissance merchant class, to which Boccaccio belonged. (40 words)

Boccaccio 's description is graphic: In men and women alike it first betrayed itself by the emergence of certain tumours in the groin or armpits, some of which grew as large as a common apple, others as an egg. (39 words)

Boccaccio’s 14th-century masterpiece, with its tales of lustful nuns, did not find favour with the Catholic church, and the Inquisition took great pleasure in editing (or as they argued improving) it in the late-16th century. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

However, Boccaccio's version is unique in that the husband in the tale preserves both his honor and that of his wife, and emphasis on "keeping up appearances" that is distinct of the Renaissance merchant class, to which Boccaccio belonged.

In a lighter approach to the plague theme, Boccaccio imagines a group of 10 youths fleeing the Black Death ravaging Florence and finding refuge in the Tuscan hills.

Boccaccio’s 14th-century masterpiece, with its tales of lustful nuns, did not find favour with the Catholic church, and the Inquisition took great pleasure in editing (or as they argued improving) it in the late-16th century.

After a complaint, the police seized thirteen of the twenty-five paintings (including Boccaccio Story and Contadini).

All the details are evidently borrowed from Boccaccio 's Genealogiae.

Also Boccaccio often tells tales about the lives of people whose souls Dante had met in his epic journey through the afterlife.

Although Boccaccio was the first to record the story, he almost certainly did not invent it.

Although we will never know if Boccaccio really did hear the story from an old woman or not (it is possible), the story is certainly not true.

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Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 22.12.1–2 Illustration from The Fall of Princes by John Lydgate (which is a translation of De Casibus Virorum Illustribus by Giovanni Boccaccio ) depicting "the skyn of Julyan".

A number of Boccaccio's close friends and other acquaintances were executed or exiled in the purge following the failed coup of 1361.

Between 1361 and 1369 the younger Boccaccio paid the older Petrarch two visits.

Boccaccio, as he does in the introduction of the fourth day, defends his work against detractors.

Boccaccio began work on The Decameron citation citation around 1349.

Boccaccio believes that young girls need to be taught about life and virtues before they are consecrated to God.

Boccaccio combined two earlier folk tales into one to create this story.

Boccaccio follows these two levels of interpretation and distinguishes between two separate versions of the Prometheus myth.

Boccaccio may have had contact with Jews while living in Naples as a young man.

Boccaccio may have invented many of them himself.

Boccaccio probably used a French version of the tale.

Boccaccio 's description is graphic: In men and women alike it first betrayed itself by the emergence of certain tumours in the groin or armpits, some of which grew as large as a common apple, others as an egg.

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Common combinations with boccaccio

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "boccaccio" in a sentence?
An example: "However, Boccaccio's version is unique in that the husband in the tale preserves both his honor and that of his wife, and emphasis on "keeping up appearances" that is distinct of the Renaissance merchant class, to which Boccaccio belonged." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "boccaccio" from authentic English texts.
What does "boccaccio" mean?
Boccaccio means: A surname from Italian.
What are synonyms of "boccaccio"?
Common synonyms of "boccaccio" include: giovanni boccaccio, poet.
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