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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Italian, literally, five hundred, from cinque five (from Latin quinque) + cento hundred, from Latin centum — more at hundred Date: 1760 the 16th century especially in Italian art and literature

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the style of Italian art and literature of the 16th c., with a reversion to classical forms. Derivatives: cinquecentoist n. Etymology: It., = 500, used with ref. to the years 1500-99

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cinquecento Cin`que*cen"to, n. & a. [It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.