Synonyms for cento


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sen-toh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn toʊ


Définition of cento

  • As in macaronic verse : noun nonsense verse
Example sentences :
  • But, withal, there are unity and progress in this cento of citations.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • This work is, for the most part, what the author himself styles it, 'a cento;' but it is a very ingenious one.
  • Extract from : « The Anatomy of Melancholy » by Democritus Junior
  • Cento Racconti per divertire gli amici nelle ore oziose e nuovi brindisi per spasso nelle tavole e nelle conversazioni.
  • Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
  • The last anecdote is quite popular, and is found in a number of popular stories, as well as in the Cento Novelle Antiche.
  • Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
  • There are several Italian literary versions, the best known being in the Cento nov. ant.
  • Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
  • Unfortunately, however, for his originality, that canto is almost a cento—his model being Wordsworth.
  • Extract from : « Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) » by John Wilson
  • Sifting and pruning are needed before a cento can be formed which would commend itself to modern taste.
  • Extract from : « Hymns of the Greek Church » by John Brownlie
  • I must observe here, that the "Lament of Tasso" is, in fact, a cento taken from Tasso's minor poems.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) » by Anna Jameson
  • Batista Cremonini of Cento was employed in such commissions more than any other artist.
  • Extract from : « The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. V (of 6) » by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
  • This latter will probably be a Cento from the works of the authours that he has just perused.
  • Extract from : « Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) » by Edmond Malone

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