cancrizans
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of cancrizans
Medieval Latin: moving backwards, from cancrizāre to move crabwise
Example Sentences
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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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
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