English
fragmentism
From fragment + -ism.
Formed from fragment + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
Latin frangō ‘to break’
Latin fragmentum ‘a fragment, remnant’
Middle English fragment ‘a small part or piece’
English fragment
Today it means
noun An Italian literary movement, from the period just before the First World War, characterised by the use of short pieces of dramatic prose and fragmentary images
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Etymograph / fragmentism