cento

(sen)

noun pl. centos

  1. a literary or musical work made up of passages from other works
  2. anything made up of badly matched parts

Origin: L, patchwork blanket < IE base *kentho-, rags > Sans kanthā, patched garment, OHG hadara, rag, patch

See cento in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cen·tos
A literary work pieced together from the works of several authors.

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Origin: Latin centō, patchwork

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