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Webster 1913 Edition


Pasticcio


Pas-tic′ci-o

,
Noun.
[It., fr.
pasta
. See
Paste
.]
1.
A medley; an olio.
[R.]
H. Swinburne.
2.
(Fine Arts)
(a)
A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.
(b)
A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pasticcio

PASTIC'CIO

,
Noun.
A medley; an olio.

Definition 2024


pasticcio

pasticcio

See also: pasticciò

English

Noun

pasticcio (plural pasticcios)

  1. A medley; an olio.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of H. Swinburne to this entry?)
  2. (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  3. (art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (dough, pastry cake, paste), collateral form of pastus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pasˈtit.t͡ʃo/, [päs̪ˈt̪it͡ːʃo]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧stìc‧cio

Noun

pasticcio m (plural pasticci)

  1. (cooking) pie, pasty
  2. (figuratively) mess, confusion
  3. (architecture) relief
  4. pastiche
  5. jam

Verb

pasticcio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pasticciare

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