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”

pasty

(noun) (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers

pasty

(noun) small meat pie or turnover

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest)

Like paste, sticky.

pale, lacking colour, having a pallor

(slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also pallid

Noun

pasty (plural pasties)

(chiefly in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.

Etymology 2

Noun

pasty (plural pasties)

A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

Usage notes

The spelling pasty is preferred in the United Kingdom, but in Australia pastie is more common.

Anagrams

• Patsy, Tyaps, patsy

Source: Wiktionary


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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