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Stage 1 of 3
kitschen
German · 1800s
"to smear, sketch cheaply"
possibly meaning "to smear" or "to sketch quickly"
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Stage 2 of 3
Kitsch
German · 1800s
"cheap, sentimental art"
applied to cheap, sentimental, mass-produced art
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Stage 3 of 3
kitsch
English · 1900s
"art or objects considered tacky or overly sentimental"
adopted directly from German
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