cinquecentist

[ ching-kwi-chen-tist ]

noun
  1. an Italian writer or artist of the 16th century.

Origin of cinquecentist

1
1870–75; <Italian cinquecentista, equivalent to cinquecent(o) (see cinquecento) + -ista-ist

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