‖n. & a. [ It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500. ] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature;
‖n. & a. [ It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500. ] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature;