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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 197 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POSTICHE , a See also:

French See also:

TERM

term for a pretentious See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation, a counterfeit, particularly used of See also:

ART

art inartistic addition to an otherwise perfect See also:

WORK

work of art . The French word was adapted from the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian posticcio, from, Latin positus, placed, added .

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