centonical

English

Etymology

From Latin centō (stem centōn-) +‎ -ical.

Adjective

centonical (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
   • 1966, Roman Jakobson, Slavic Epic Studies‎, 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, page 181:

     Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.