The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quattrocentist
Quattrocento \Quat`tro*cen"to\, n. & a. [It., four hundred, used as an abbreviated expression for the dates beginning with fourteen hundred.] The fifteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the quattrocento; quattrocento style. -- Quat`tro*cen"tist, n.