centonism
English
Etymology
cento + -n- + -ism
Noun
centonism (uncountable)
- The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing centos.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for centonism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)