pasticcio

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pasticcio

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Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

noun pasticcios · pasticci

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.
An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

noun pasticcios

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of pastichio

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@misc{pasticcio_2026,
  title = {pasticcio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pasticcio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}