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
Allan Cunningham corrected but little, yet his imitations of the elder lyrics are perfect centos of Scottish feeling and poesy.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
It is humiliating to contrast the reception of these empty echoes of inspiration, these agreeable centos, with that of such genuine, although faulty poems, as Keat's "Endymion," Shelley's "Queen Mab," and Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads."
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by George Gilfillan
In 1712, he published his "Rural Sports," and dedicated it to Pope, who was then rising toward the ascendant, having just published his brilliant tissue of centos, the "Essay on Criticism."
The Empress Eudoxia wrote the life of Jesus Christ, in centos taken from Homer; Proba Falconia from Virgil.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
