pasticcio

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

/ pæˈsti tʃoʊ; Italian pɑsˈtit tʃɔ /

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noun, plural pas·tic·ci [pa-stee-chee; Italian pahs-teet-chee] /pæˈsti tʃi; Italian pɑsˈtit tʃi/.

a pastiche.

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Origin of pasticcio

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

Words nearby pasticcio

pasteurellosis, pasteurism, pasteurization, pasteurize, pasteurizer, pasticcio, pastiche, pasticheur, pasticheuse, pastiglia, pastille

Example sentences from the Web for pasticcio

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