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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 for a pretentious See also:imitation, a counterfeit, particularly used of See also:art inartistic addition to an otherwise perfect See also:work of art. The French word was adapted from the See also:Italian posticcio, from, Latin positus, placed, added.

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