PASTIER

PASTY

gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous

(adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive

pasty, pastelike

(adjective) resembling paste in color; pallid; “he looked pasty and red-eyed”; “a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

pastier

comparative form of pasty

Anagrams

• @ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, rapiest, raspite, tapiser, traipse

Source: Wiktionary


PASTY

Pas"ty, a.

Definition: Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. "A pasty complexion." G. Eliot.

Pas"ty, n.; pl. Pasties. Etym: [OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]

Definition: A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie. "If ye pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 November 2024

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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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