seicento

noun

sei·​cen·​to sā-ˈchen-(ˌ)tō 

: the 17th century

specifically : the 17th century period in Italian literature and art

Word History

Etymology

Italian, literally, six-hundred, from sei six (from Latin sex) + cento hundred — more at six, cinquecento

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined above