pasticcio

See also: pasticciò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

Noun

pasticcio (plural pasticcios or pasticci)

1. 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.

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.

Related terms

• pastichio

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈstit.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ittʃo
• Hyphenation: pa‧stìc‧cio

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasticcio m (plural pasticci, diminutive pasticcétto, augmentative pasticcióne, pejorative pasticciàccio)

1. (cooking) pie, pasty
2. (figurative, usually in the plural) mess, confusion

   essere nei pasticci ― to be in trouble

3. (architecture) relief
4. pastiche
5. jam

Derived terms

• pasticcino
• pasticciotto

Descendants

• → Catalan: pastitxo
• → English: pasticcio
• → French: pastiche
  • → Catalan: pastitx
  • → English: pastiche
• → Greek: παστίτσιο (pastítsio)
  • → English: pastitsio
• → Hebrew: פַּשְׁטִידָה (pashtidá)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pasticcio

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasticciare

Further reading

• pasticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• piccosità, posticcia, psicotica, spicciato