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centonical en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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:
    • Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new. 2012, Kip Lornell, Exploring American Folk Music, page 181:
    • 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: