cancrizans

/ ˈkænkrɪˌzæns, ˈkæŋ- /

adjective

See crab canon

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cancrizans¹

Medieval Latin: moving backwards, from cancrizāre to move crabwise

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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.