bricolage

noun
/ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/UK/ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French bricolage.

  1. borrowed from bricolage

Definitions

  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…

    A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).

    • Near-synonyms: collage, montage
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.

      • Near-synonyms: collage, montage

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bricolage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA