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- Italian · borrowed frompastiglia
- English todaypastiglia
From Italian pastiglia. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.
Words from the same roots
Italianpastiglia all →
pastila
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pastiglia
Today it means: Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. Full definition →
Italian pastiglia