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pastichio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pas-ti-chio
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pastichios (plural) pastitsio (alternative)

Questions

What does pastichio mean?
A Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna.
Where does pastichio come from?
From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche.

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