noun
- A literary work made up of passages or lines taken from other works, arranged to create a new composition.
Usage: plural of cento; literary or academic term; often used in classical literature studies
Examples
- The poet created centos by weaving together lines from famous classical authors.
- Medieval scholars sometimes produced centos as exercises in literary skill.
- These centos demonstrate how creative reuse of existing text can produce original meaning.
- The anthology included several centos alongside original works.