bricolage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
  2. Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
  3. A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
  4. An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.

Pronunciation

/ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/ [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ]

Word forms

bricolage bricolages

Etymology

Borrowed from French bricolage.

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Derived words

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