cento
cento · centos · centones
A hotchpotch, a mixtureA hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Meaning
1 sensesA hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Origin
From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).
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