pasticcio
See also: pasticciò
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.
Noun edit
pasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)
- A medley; an olio.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776:
- 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.
- (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
- (art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).
Noun edit
pasticcio m (plural pasticci, diminutive pasticcétto, augmentative pasticcióne, pejorative pasticciàccio)
- (cooking) pie, pasty
- (figurative, usually in the plural) mess, confusion
- essere nei pasticci ― to be in trouble
- (architecture) relief
- pastiche
- jam
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: pastitxo
- → English: pasticcio
- → French: pastiche
- → Greek: παστίτσιο (pastítsio)
- → English: pastitsio
- → Hebrew: פַּשְׁטִידָה (pashtidá)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pasticcio
Further reading edit
- pasticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana