pastiche
See also: pastiché
English
Etymology
Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pastiche (plural pastiches)
- A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
- A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
- An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
- (uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
Translations
work that imitates the work of a previous artist
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musical medley
incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
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postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles
Verb
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- To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
- 2008 May 13, Natalie Angier, “A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family”, in New York Times[1]:
- That the genetic code of the platypus proved to be as bizarrely pastiched as its anatomy enhanced the popular appeal of the report, published in the journal Nature.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pas.tiʃ/
- Homophones: pastichent, pastiches
Noun
pastiche m (plural pastiches)
Verb
pastiche
- inflection of pasticher:
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
pastiche m (plural pastiches)
- pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
Spanish
Noun
pastiche m (plural pastiches)
- pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
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