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centones

centones is the plural of cento.

Meaning of cento

Noun

cento (plural centos or centones)

  1. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
    • But, Sʳ, I will no longer tire your patience wᵗʰ these monsters (the subject of every contemptuous pamphlet) then with the madness of the Anabaptists, Quakers, Fift Monarchy-men, and a cento of unheard of heresies besides, which, at present, deform the once renowned Church of England, and approach...1659, John Evelyn, “A Character of England, as It was Lately Presented in a Letter to a Nobleman of France. […] The Third Edition.”, in William Upcott, compiler, The Miscellaneous Writings of John...

Questions about centones

What is centones the plural of?
Centones is the plural of cento.

Words near centones in the dictionary

  1. centoists
  2. centonate
  3. centonates
  4. centonel
  5. centonels
  6. centones
  7. centonical
  8. centonism
  9. centonist
  10. centonists
  11. centonization

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