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pas•tiche



Pronunciation: (pa-stēsh', pä-), [key]
—n.
1. a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
2. an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.

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