bricolage
nounUK /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/ · US [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ]
Etymology Borrowed from French bricolage.
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).
- Near-synonyms: collage, montage
4
An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
- Near-synonyms: collage, montage
- Derived terms
- bricolagist