This week's theme: words related to the number 13 to mark the thirteenth anniversary of Wordsmith.org.
trecento (tray-CHEN-to) noun The 14th century, especially with reference to Italian art, literature, etc. [From Italian, shortening of mil trecento (1300), from mil (thousand) and trecento (three hundred).] Trecento was the beginning of the renaissance. It was the time that gave birth to great writers such as Dante (The Divine Comedy), Petrarch, and Boccaccio. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "There are lyrical romantic painters such as Mary Armstrong, inspired by Italian trecento works." Robert Taylor; Art; The Boston Globe; Jun 5, 1988. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=mx0 Perfect your French, German, Italian or Spanish with Champs-Elysees audio magazines, the final step to fluency! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith5 ............................................................................ Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. -Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/trecento.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/trecento.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/trecento.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
