Car·pac·cio (kär-pä?ch?-?, -ch?), Vittore 1460?-1525? Italian painter noted for his vivid narrative series on religious subjects.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.