CENTO

Etymology

Noun

cento (plural centos or centones)

A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.

Anagrams

• Conte, ContĂ©, Noteć, c note, c-note, contĂ©, cteno-, oncet, tecno-

Source: Wiktionary


Cen"to, n.; pl. Centos. Etym: [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.]

Definition: A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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