PASTEL

pastel

(adjective) delicate and pale in color; “pastel pink”

pastel

(adjective) lacking in body or vigor; “faded pastel charms of the naive music”

pastel

(noun) any of various pale or light colors

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)

Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender

A drawing made with any of those colors.

A type of dried paste used to make crayons.

A crayon made from such a paste.

Woad.

Etymology 2

Noun

pastel (plural pasteles)

A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.

Anagrams

• leptas, palest, palets, peltas, petals, plates, pleats, septal, staple, tepals

Source: Wiktionary

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Pas"tel, n. Etym: [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.]

1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." W. Black.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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