Definition of CENTO

cento

Plural: centones, centos

Noun

  • A literary or musical composition made up of parts from other works.
  • A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.

Examples

  • His Scrabble play was a CENTO of previously used letters, creating an entirely new word.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).

Scrabble Score: 7

cento: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cento: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cento: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

cento: valid Words With Friends Word