pasticcio
See also: pasticciò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.
Noun
pasticcio (plural pasticcios)
- A medley; an olio.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of H. Swinburne to this entry?)
- (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
- (art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pasticium (compare French pastis), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).
Pronunciation
Noun
pasticcio m (plural pasticci)
- (cooking) pie, pasty
- (figuratively, often in the plural) mess, confusion
- essere nei pasticci ― to be in trouble
- (architecture) relief
- pastiche
- jam
Derived terms
Verb
pasticcio
Further reading
- pasticcio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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