Definitions for quattrocentoˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ, -trə-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quat•tro•cen•to*ˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ, -trə-(n.)
the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
Category: Fine Arts, Literature
* (often cap.).
Origin of quattrocento:
1870–75; < It, short for mil quattro cento 1400, occurring in the names of all the years from 1400 to 1499
quat`tro•cen′tist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
quattrocento(noun)
the 15th century in Italian art and literature
Wiktionary
quattrocento(Noun)
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
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