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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.

[Origin: 1700–10; < F < It pasticcio pasticcio

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n.

A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.
A pasticcio of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge: "In . . . a city of splendid Victorian architecture . . . there is a rather pointless pastiche of Dickensian London down on the waterfront" (Economist).

[French, from Italian pasticcio; see pasticcio.]

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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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pastiche
noun
1.	a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley]
2.	a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work