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cancrizans

/ ˈkænkrɪˌzæns; ˈkæŋ- /

adjective

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of cancrizans1

Medieval Latin: moving backwards, from ³¦²¹²Ô³¦°ù¾±³úÄå°ù±ð to move crabwise
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The only remaining canonic device which figures in classical music is that known as cancrizans, in which the imitating part reproduces the leader backwards.

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