boccaccesco
Appearance
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