| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sei·cen·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -ch n t |
| NOUN: | The 17th century with reference to Italian literature and art. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from (mil)seicento, (one thousand) six hundred : sei, six (from Latin sex; see s(w)eks in Appendix I) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek in Appendix I).
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