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Definition pastiche
Etymology
Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pastá, “barley porridge”), from ?????? (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).
Noun
pastiche (plural pastiches)
- A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
- A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
- An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
- (uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
Verb
pastiche (third-person singular simple present pastiches, present participle pastiching, simple past and past participle pastiched)
- To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
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