pastiche

See also: pastiché

English

WOTD – 6 September 2009

Etymology

Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (pie, something blended), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Latin pasta (dough, pastry cake, paste), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, barley porridge), from παστός (pastós, sprinkled with salt).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pæsˈtiːʃ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pæsˈtiʃ/, /pæˈstiʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -iːʃ

Noun

pastiche (plural pastiches)

Botticelli's original on the left, pastiche on the right. (1)
  1. A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
  2. A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
  3. An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
  4. (uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.

Translations

Verb

pastiche (third-person singular simple present pastiches, present participle pastiching, simple past and past participle pastiched)

  1. To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
    • 2008 May 13, Natalie Angier, “A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family”, in New York Times:
      That the genetic code of the platypus proved to be as bizarrely pastiched as its anatomy enhanced the popular appeal of the report, published in the journal Nature.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

Verb

pastiche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pasticher
  2. third-person singular present indicative of pasticher
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of pasticher
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of pasticher
  5. second-person singular imperative of pasticher

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

pastiche m (plural pastiches)

  1. pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)

Spanish

Noun

pastiche m (plural pastiches)

  1. pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
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