bricolage

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
2. (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
3. (uncountable) 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. (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.

Synonyms

botch-up

flub

Translations

Bastelei

Pfusch

sciatteria

lavoro mal fatto

klungelwerk

knoeiwerk

roffelwerk

bricolaje

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French bricolage.