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noun
1.
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
2.
an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.
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Pastiche
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- Pastiche is not a judgmental word but a description of the musical.
- It continues with our heads bent over a disorganized pastiche of nonstandard sentences set in one enormous paragraph.
- Appearing in a pastiche of one of your earlier films is never a wise move.
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Word Origin & History
pastiche
"a medley made up of fragments from different works," 1878, from Fr. pastiche, from It. pasticcio "medley, pastry cake," from V.L. *pasticium "composed of paste," from L.L. pasta "paste, pastry cake" (see pasta). Borrowed earlier (1752) in the It. form.
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