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centonical

centonical adjective: of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).

Adjective

centonical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
    • In technical terms, the Zadonščina could be defined as a centonical palinode, i.e. as a composition built up primarily on literal or paraphrased quotations and intended to counterbalance or refute the quoted work.1966, Roman Jakobson, Slavic Epic Studies, page 551
    • The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.1978, Robert Marcellus Browning, German poetry in the Age of the Enlightenment: from Brockes to Klopstock

Origin of centonical

From Latin centō (stem centōn-) + -ical.

Questions about centonical

What does centonical mean?
Centonical means of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
What part of speech is centonical?
Centonical is an adjective.

Words near centonical in the dictionary

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

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