"cento" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cento.wav [US] Forms: centos [plural], centones [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cento||patchwork garment}} Latin cento (“patchwork garment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|centones}} 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. Derived forms: centoism, centoist, centonical, centonism
    Sense id: en-cento-en-noun-1h7O3vB2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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