pastiche
Meanings
Plural: pastiches
Noun
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
- A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
- A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
- An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
- A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
Verb
- To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 15
pastiche is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpastiche is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pastiche is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
pastiche is a valid Words With Friends word