cento
noun
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
centos
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pluralof cento.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And so, I wanted to do what I could to discourage people from doing that and that's where the centos come in.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2019
This was afterwards applied metaphorically to those well-known poems called centos, composed of shreds and patches of poetry, collected from all quarters.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
This fourth series of Hymns from the Office Books of The Holy Eastern Church, differs from the preceding three in this, that the hymns are less translations or renderings, and more centos and suggestions.
From Hymns from the East Being Centos and Suggestions from the Office Books of the Holy Eastern Church by John Brownlie
He was no mere lawyer: no stringer of professional centos.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
Familiar phraseology was ready at hand for the composition of new canticles which were often mere centos from the Psalms or other portions of the Hebrew scriptures.
From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Ruth Ellis Messenger
