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cen⋅to

[sen-toh]
–noun, plural -tos.
1. a piece of writing, esp. a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
2. anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration.
3. Obsolete. a patchwork.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L centō patchwork quilt or curtain


cen⋅ton⋅i⋅cal [sen-ton-i-kuhl] , adjective
cen⋅to⋅nism [sen-tn-iz-uhm] , cen⋅to⋅ni⋅za⋅tion [sen-tn-uh-zey-shuhn] , noun
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