centonical
English
Etymology
Adjective
centonical (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
- 1966, Roman Jakobson, Slavic Epic Studies[1], page 551:
- In technical terms, the Zadonščina could be defined as a centonical palinode, i.e. as a composition built up primarily on literal or paraphrased quotations and intended to counterbalance or refute the quoted work.
- 1978, Robert Marcellus Browning, German poetry in the Age of the Enlightenment: from Brockes to Klopstock:
- The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.
- 2012, Kip Lornell, Exploring American Folk Music[2], page 181:
- Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.