pastiche Definition
pas·tiche (pas tēs̸h′, päs-)
noun
- a literary, artistic, or musical composition made up of bits from various sources; potpourri
- a literary, artistic, or musical composition intended to imitate or caricature another artist's style
- a jumbled mixture; hodgepodge
Etymology: Fr < It pasticcio
pastiche Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- style: The maestro provides us with an excellent pastiche of four dance styles.
- song: This song is a loving pastiche of a rockabilly song.
- genre: Style Pastiche of hard-boiled private eye genre, aimed at young teenagers Synopsis Did he fall or was he pushed?
Converse of object
- produce: A more illuminating image might be that of a band in 1986 producing a perfect psychedelic pastiche.
- become: The show is lacking wit, originality or any sparkle and has, too fast, became a pastiche of itself with effortless ease.
- create: Skill is needed to achieve the appropriate balance to avoid creating an unacceptable pastiche.
- do: Come to that, why does pastiche have a bad name?
- perform: Seconds ago, we were performing a pastiche of a 1960's puppet show and now, suddenly, we're here.
Adjective modifier
- hilarious: Sherlock's Excellent Adventure by James Barry is a hilarious pastiche of Conan Doyle ( for a cast of four ).
- mere: Don't let the humor fool you, since the act rises far beyond mere pastiche.
- musical: At the former, the revival of Sandy Wilsonâs musical pastiche The Boy Friend was a summery sell-out.
- clever: On one level, Joseph O'Connor's novel is a clever Victorian pastiche.
- brilliant: This is exactly the sort of brilliant pastiche that fits very well into pantomime.
- historical: It's a multilayered story, rich in cultural allusion and historical pastiche.
Modifies a noun
- song: Some of the pastiche songs were classics and some of the lines left me wishing that I'd thought of them first.
- style: These are built in a pastiche style to satisfy local residents ' fears about changes to the character of their neighborhood.
Noun used with modifier
- horror: With horror pastiche the flavor of the moment, Nispel and Kosar pay tribute to Tobe Hooper's low budget 1974 original.
- comedy: Musically speaking it's a 20's/30's musical comedy pastiche.
- movie: Heck, even a musical number and a foreign movie pastiche.
- century: A short novel, written as an eighteenth century pastiche.
Browse dictionary entries near pastiche
- ‹ pasticcio
- ‹ pasteurize
- ‹ pasteurization
- ‹ pasteurism
- ‹ Pasteur treatment
- ‹ Pasteur, Louis
- ‹ Pasteur
- ‹ Pasternak, Boris
- ‹ Pasternak
- ‹ pastern

