Cento

[sentәu]

Definition

(n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

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Definition

n. a name applied to literary trivialities in the form of poems manufactured by putting together distinct verses or passages of one author or of several authors so as to make a new meaning: a composition formed by joining scraps from other authors: expressing contempt a mere string of commonplace phrases and quotations:—pl. usually Cen′tos.—ns. Cen′toist; Cen′tonism Cen′toism.

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