Pastiche Definition
pă-stēsh, pä-
pastiches
noun
pastiches
A literary, artistic, or musical composition made up of bits from various sources; potpourri.
Webster's New World
A literary, artistic, or musical composition intended to imitate or caricature another artist's style.
Webster's New World
A jumbled mixture; hodgepodge.
Webster's New World
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
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(uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
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Synonyms:
verb
To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
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Other Word Forms of Pastiche
Noun
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pastiche
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pastichesOrigin of Pastiche
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Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended"), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste"), from Ancient Greek παστά (pasta, “barley porridge"), from παστός (pastos, “sprinkled with salt").
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French from Italian pasticcio pasticcio
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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