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seicento

noun
sei·cen·to | \sā-ˈchen-(ˌ)tō \

Definition of seicento 

: the 17th century specifically : the 17th century period in Italian literature and art

First Known Use of seicento

circa 1902, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for seicento

Italian, literally, six-hundred, from sei six (from Latin sex) + cento hundred — more at six, cinquecento

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