pasticcio
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See also: pasticciò
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.
Noun[edit]
pasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)
- A medley; an olio.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776:
- 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.
- (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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).
Noun[edit]
pasticcio m (plural pasticci, diminutive pasticcétto, augmentative pasticcióne, pejorative pasticciàccio)
- (cooking) pie, pasty
- (figurative, usually in the plural) mess, confusion
- essere nei pasticci ― to be in trouble
- (architecture) relief
- pastiche
- jam
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: pastitxo
- → English: pasticcio
- → French: pastiche
- → Greek: παστίτσιο (pastítsio)
- → English: pastitsio
- → Hebrew: פַּשְׁטִידָה (pashtidá)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
pasticcio
Further reading[edit]
- pasticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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