Definition of Bocaccio

1. Noun. A venomous marine fish, taxonomic name ''Sebastes paucispinis'', in the ''Sebastinae'' subfamily found in the subtropical Eastern Pacific. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bocaccio

1. a rockfish [n -CIOS] - See also: rockfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bocaccio

bobstays
bobtail
bobtailed
bobtailing
bobtails
bobweight
bobwheel
bobwheels
bobwhite
bobwhite quail
bobwhites
bobwig
bobwigs
bobèche
bocaccio (current term)
bocaccios
bocage
bocages
bocal
bocals
bocasine
bocca
boccas
bocce
bocce ball
bocces
bocci
bocci ball
boccia

Literary usage of Bocaccio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chapters on Early English Literature by J. H. Hippisley (1837)
"... that " The Canterbury Pilgrimage," as well as its prototype, the " Decameron" of bocaccio, might be classed as comedies not intended for the stage. ..."

2. Christian Schools and Scholars by Augusta Theodosia Drane (1881)
"Petrarch took some lessons in Greek from him, but had too little perseverance to profit much from his master's lessons. Barlaam is declared by bocaccio to ..."

3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"THE elegant exterior of these volumes, and the beautiful engraving by Hopwood, from Titian's Portrait of bocaccio, which is prefixed to the title-page, ..."

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