pas·tiche /pæˈstiʃ, pɑ-/ [pa-steesh, pah-] –noun 2. an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge. [Origin: 1700–10; < F < It pasticcio pasticcio] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
