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bricoleur

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From French bricoleur; apparently a borrowing from the work of French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss.

noun bricoleurs

A person who constructs bricolages; one who creates using whatever materials are available. The engineer has science to guide him; the bricoleur has intuition. Significantly, while the bricoleur can only classify perceived differences, the engineer's scientific system enables him to classify things not yet seen.

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"bricoleur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bricoleur.

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@misc{bricoleur_2026,
  title = {bricoleur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bricoleur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}