Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasticcio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: pas-tic-cio
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medley; an olio.

noun

An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.

noun

A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

noun

Alternative spelling of pastichio.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: pasticcio

Usage

Inflected Forms

pasticcios (plural) pasticci (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pastichio pastitsio

Questions

What does pasticcio mean?: A medley; an olio.
Where does pasticcio come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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