[col.lage] n [F, lit., gluing, fr. coller to glue, fr. colle glue, fr. (assumed) VL colla, fr. Gk kolla] (1919) 1: an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
2: the art of making collages
3: an assembly of diverse fragments "a ~ of ideas"
4: a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions -- collage vt -- col.lag.ist n