pastiche
Plural: pastiches
Noun
- An artistic work composed of elements from various sources or styles.
- 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.
Examples
- Her final Scrabble board was a PASTICHE of high-scoring words and strategic blocks.
- The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles.
- This supposed research paper is a pastiche of passages from unrelated sources.
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: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpastiche: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pastiche: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
pastiche: valid Words With Friends Word