Definitions for bocaccio

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bocaccio bo·cac·cio

Spelling: [buh-kah-choh, -chee-oh, boh-]

IPA: /bəˈkɑ tʃoʊ, -tʃiˌoʊ, boʊ-/

Bocaccio is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in bocaccio (abcccioo).

Definitions for bocaccio

noun

1. a large, brown, big-mouthed rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, of California coastal waters.

Origin of bocaccio

1885-90; Italian boccaccio ugly mouth, equivalent to bocc(a) mouth (Latin bucca) + -accio pejorative suffix, apparently replacing an AmerSp fish name of like formation; compare Spanish bocach

Examples for bocaccio

If you say it is, Petrarch and bocaccio, who used to go there, are on your side.