pasticcio

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15
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18
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9

Definition of pasticcio

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A medley; an olio.
    “On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen.”
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noun

  1. A medley; an olio.
    “On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen.”
  2. An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  3. A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
  4. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of pastichio.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

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