Definitions for centos

centos cen·to

Spelling: [sen-toh]
IPA: /ˈsɛn toʊ/

Centos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in centos (cenost).

Definitions for centos

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 centos

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

Examples for centos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for centos
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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