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pastiche

pas·tiche

UK/pæˈstiːʃ/ US/ˌpæˈstiʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

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2.

a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

Origin

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

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