different between imitate vs pasticcio

English

Etymology

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?te?t/

Verb

imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Antonyms

• create

Related terms

• imitation
• imitative
• imitable
• imitator

Translations

Further reading

• imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• imitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

imitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of imiti

Italian

Verb

imitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
3. feminine plural of imitato

Anagrams

• ematiti

Latin

Participle

imit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of imit?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio. Doublet of pastiche.

Noun

pasticcio (plural pasticcios)

1. A medley; an olio.
   • 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776

     On our first entrance into the palace, which is a pasticcio of Saracenic, Conventual, and Grecian architecture, I was much taken with the principal front of the inner-court; a piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen.

2. (art) An artwork that directly imitates the work of another artist or artists.
3. (art) A falsified work of art, such as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

Related terms

• pastichio

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pasticium (compare French pastis), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pastá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas?tit.t??o/
• Hyphenation: pa?stìc?cio

Noun

pasticcio m (plural pasticci)

1. (cooking) pie, pasty
2. (figuratively, often in the plural) mess, confusion

3. (architecture) relief
4. pastiche
5. jam

Derived terms

• pasticcino
• pasticciotto

Verb

pasticcio

1. first-person singular present indicative of pasticciare

Further reading

• pasticcio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• piccatosi, piccosità, posticcia, psicotica, spicciato