boccaccesco
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