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cento
noun
(
pl=
centos
or (obsolete)
centones
)
A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors.
2007
:
Paradise Lost
, as Teskey observes, is a
, a vast echo chamber of classical texts, all twisted into new shapes. " William Poole, "Out of his Furrow",
London Review of Books 29:3
, p. 16
Etymology:
From Latin
Latin, cento
"patchwork garment".
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