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pasticcio

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pas·tic·cio  (p-stch, -ch-, pä-)
n. pl. pas·tic·ci (-ch)
A work or style produced by borrowing fragments, ingredients, or motifs from various sources; a potpourri.
[Italian, from Vulgar Latin *pastcium, pasty; see patisserie.]
Pastiche, Pasticcio a medley, potpourri or hotchpotch; an opera made up of various pieces; a picture based on another’s design or style.
Examples: pasticcio of gauzes, pins and ribbons, 1785; our operas begin tomorrow with a pasticcio full of my favourite songs—Walpole, 1752.
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But as you are only a novelist, I compliment you heartily on your clever little pasticcio, adding, however, that as an account of what actually passed between myself and Hetty, it is the wildest romance ever penned.
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Here is the Mazarin architecture, the wretched Italian pasticcio of the Four Nations.
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