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Meaning of pasticcio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A medley; an olio.
  2. Alternative spelling of pastichio.
    alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
  4. A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

Examples

“On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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