Cento

Word CENTO
Character 5
Hyphenation cen to
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Definitions and meanings of "Cento"

What do we mean by cento?

A literary work pieced together from the works of several authors. noun

A patchwork. noun

Hence In music and literature, a composition made up of selections from the works of various authors or composers; a pasticcio; a medley. noun

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

A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors. noun

A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.

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The word "cento" in example sentences

As Mary Carruthers observes, such allegorical games were made possible by a common figural language: A cento is a playful poem that is made up of a pastiche of half-lines and phrases from a canonical poet; it cannot succeed except for an audience who know the original poet as intimately as does the composer of the cento. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the higher merit of the cento is to produce one of the most charming books of travel ever written, like Robinson ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Homeric cento is still extant, and has been repeatedly printed: but the claim of Eudocia to that insipid performance is disputed by the critics. ❋ Unknown (1206)

So he seeks out a large number of passages in the rest of the Odyssey, and in the Iliad also, which have something in common with passages of this First Book, especially in the matter of words, and easily finds it to be a "cento," ❋ Denton Jaques Snider (1883)

It can be in centro or on the outskirts of town as long as it has secure parking, I do not mind taking a taxi to visit sites such as the Ambar Mueso or other cento sites ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lowebrow: Is it plagiarism, cento, or prose riff? skip to main | skip to sidebar ❋ L. Lee Lowe (2009)

Ausonius [Urbino library, I.V. #498] likens the cento to a Greek bone puzzle called ostomachia. ❋ Unknown (2008)

  Located in a double-wide trailer, los cento de teenoswas gaily decorated with crepe paper and Japanese lanterns, but I — I had already given my heart to Martha Stretz! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Minoranze religiose e diritti: percorsi in cento anni di storia degli ebrei e dei valdesi, 1848 – 1948. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Non sembra proprio un aeroporto internazionale per una delle citta' principali del mondo - l'aeroporto di Aberdeen e' cento volte meglio! ❋ Ra (2009)

The contest coordinator said, Okay...though he knew Moi well enough to say, "As long as you don't pluck lines from the books to string up a cento..." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Criado em 2004, o serviço distribuía cinco por cento do preço de ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

As estimativas reivindicam que aproximadamente 70 por cento dos Web pages estão criados hoje na língua inglesa, quando a porcentagem de altofalantes não-Ingleses crescer mais rapidamente do que aquele de altofalantes ingleses. ❋ Jim Horning (2008)

WATCH: Guarda Storia della Sicilia in cento secondi in finestra. ❋ Unknown (2008)

DOWNLOAD 640×480: Scarica Storia della Sicilia in cento secondi. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Se tivesse recursos, compraria cada vez mais Petrobras, acredita mil por cento na empresa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Il cortometraggio, cento percento animazione Flash, è opera di Ilias Sounas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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