Definitions for CENTO

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CENTO cen·to

Spelling: [sen-toh]

IPA: /ˈsɛn toʊ/

Cento is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in CENTO (cenot).

Definitions for CENTO

noun

1. a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
2. anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration.
3. Obsolete. a patchwork.
4. a former organization (1959–79) for economic and military cooperation, established as successor to the Baghdad Pact, and comprising Great Britain, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. The U.S. had affiliate status.

Origin of CENTO

First recorded in 1595-1605, cento is from the Latin word centō patchwork quilt or curtain

Examples for CENTO

This work is, for the most part, what the author himself styles it, 'a cento;' but it is a very ingenious one.

cento Racconti per divertire gli amici nelle ore oziose e nuovi brindisi per spasso nelle tavole e nelle conversazioni.

The last anecdote is quite popular, and is found in a number of popular stories, as well as in the cento Novelle Antiche.

This latter will probably be a cento from the works of the authours that he has just perused.

Batista Cremonini of cento was employed in such commissions more than any other artist.

Sifting and pruning are needed before a cento can be formed which would commend itself to modern taste.

I must observe here, that the "Lament of Tasso" is, in fact, a cento taken from Tasso's minor poems.

Unfortunately, however, for his originality, that canto is almost a cento—his model being Wordsworth.

But, withal, there are unity and progress in this cento of citations.

There are several Italian literary versions, the best known being in the cento nov. ant.