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trecento

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tre⋅cen⋅to

[trey-chen-toh; It. tre-chen-taw]
–noun (often initial capital letter)
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and esp. to its art or literature.

Origin:
1835–45; < It, short for mille trecento 1300, hence repr. the years 1300–99, dates beginning with these numbers


tre⋅cen⋅tist, noun
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tre·cen·to   (trā-chěn'tō)   
n.  The 14th century, especially with reference to Italian art and literature.

[Italian, from (mil) trecento, (one thousand) three hundred : tre, three (from Latin trēs; see trei- in Indo-European roots) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek in Indo-European roots).]
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