pasticcio

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noun

A medley; an olio.

OriginItalian pasticcio →
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Meanings

nounpasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)

plural pasticcios · plural 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. artAn artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  3. artA falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
nounpasticcio (countable and uncountable, plural pasticcios)

plural pasticcios

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of pastichio.

Origin

  1. Italianpasticcio
  2. Englishpasticcio

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

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pasticcio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasticcio

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“pasticcio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasticcio. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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