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pasticcio

pasticcio noun: a medley; an olio. Also the alternative spelling of pastichio.

Noun

pasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)

  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.1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776
  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.

Also used as

pasticcio is also the alternative spelling of pastichio.

Forms of pasticcio

pluralpasticcios
pluralpasticci

Origin of pasticcio

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

Questions about pasticcio

What does pasticcio mean?
Pasticcio means a medley; an olio.
What part of speech is pasticcio?
Pasticcio is a noun.
What is the plural of pasticcio?
The plural of pasticcio is pasticcios.

Words near pasticcio in the dictionary

  1. pastey
  2. pasticceria
  3. pasticcerias
  4. pasticcerie
  5. pasticci
  6. pasticcio
  7. pasticcios
  8. pasticciotti
  9. pasticciotto
  10. pastiche
  11. pastiched

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