pasticcio

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See also: pasticciò

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

Noun

pasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)

  1. 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.
  2. (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  3. (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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈstit.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -ittʃo
  • Hyphenation: pa‧stìc‧cio

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasticcio m (plural pasticci)

  1. (cooking) pie, pasty
  2. (figurative, usually in the plural) mess, confusion
    essere nei pasticcito be in trouble
  3. (architecture) relief
  4. pastiche
  5. jam
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pasticcio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pasticciare

Further reading

  • pasticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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