bricolage
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kəˈlɑʒ, ˌbrɪk noun, plural bri·co·la·ges [bree-kuh-lah-zhiz, ‐lahzh] , bri·co·lage.
1.
a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.
2.
(in literature) a piece created from diverse resources.
3.
(in art) a piece of makeshift handiwork.
4.
the use of multiple, diverse research methods.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles |
| 2. | the deliberate creation of such an effect in certain modern developments: the post-modernist bricolage of the new shopping centre |
| [French: odd jobs, do-it-yourself] | |
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Bricolage
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
Truly educated people are a bricolage of character strengths of the head and of the heart.
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