Other forms: pastiches
A pastiche is a work that deliberately imitates another's style. A clever pastiche, pastiche of Victorian prose, pure pastiche.
It differs from parody by intent: a parody mocks and a pastiche admires or simply borrows, which is why the same imitation can be called either depending on how it is read. It also means a work assembled from many sources. Note that the Italian pasticcio means a pie — something with everything in it.
1nounpasticheA work that deliberately imitates another's style.
“The film is a clever pastiche of old Hollywood detective stories.”
pastiche is an imitation.
French pastiche comes from Italian pasticcio, a pie, from Latin pasta, dough. Paste and pasta come from the same dough.
Ancient Greek
παστά — barley porridge
Latin
pasta — dough, pastry cake, paste
Vulgar Latin
*pastīcius
Italian
pasticcio — pie, something blended
French
pastiche
English, today
pastiche
Built from
Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin pastīcius, from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (“barley porridge”), from παστός (“sprinkled with salt”). a doublet of pasticcio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA