pasticcio

[ pa-stee-choh; Italian pahs-teet-chaw ]

/ pæˈsti tʃoʊ; Italian pɑsˈtit tʃɔ /

a pastiche.

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1700–10; < Italian < Vulgar Latin pastīcium pasty, pie, derivative of Late Latin pasta; see paste

On one occasion an old man sang quite glibly a tune which was in reality a pasticcio of three separate shanties all known to me.
The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties|Richard Runciman Terry
Pasticcio di Maccheroni is an excellent macaroni pie, and Gnocchi di Patele are little knobs of paste boiled like macaroni.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe|Algernon Bastard
He introduced a discordant pathological note, but the music of Richard Strauss may save his pasticcio.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
A more repulsive tragi-comedy than this pasticcio of Sophocles and Seneca, can scarcely be imagined.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

In the following year he produced 'Piramo e Tisbe,' a pasticcio, which failed completely.
The Opera|R.A. Streatfeild