Sunday, March 21, 2010

Vocabulary: bricolage

bricolage
Dictionary
bri·co·lage (brē'kō-läzh', brĭk'ō-)
n.
Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available: "Even the decor is a bricolage, a mix of this and that" (Los Angeles Times).

[French, from bricole, trifle, from Old French, catapult, from Old Italian briccola , of Germanic origin.]

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