centonical

adj

centonical

adj

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

1

Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).

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.1966, Roman Jakobson, Slavic Epic Studies, page 551:
The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.1978, Robert Marcellus Browning, German poetry in the Age of the Enlightenment: from Brockes to Klopstock:

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Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.2012, Kip Lornell, Exploring American Folk Music, page 181:

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