Decameron

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decameron \De*cam"e*ron\, n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten
     + ? part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from
     "hme`ra day: cf. F. d['e]cam['e]ron.]
     A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in
     ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an
     Italian. Decameter