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Webster 1913 Edition
Pasty
Pas′ty
,Adj.
Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.
“A pasty complexion.” G. Eliot.
Pas′ty
,Noun.
pl.
Pasties
(#)
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pasty
PASTY
,Adj.
PASTY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pasty
pasty
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest)
- Like paste, sticky.
- These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well, they are very pasty.
- pale, lacking colour, having a pallor
- He is pasty-faced.
- (figuratively) He was feeling pasty.
- Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
- (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned
Synonyms
- (sickly pale): See also Wikisaurus:pallid
Translations
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.
- 1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, Pushcart Press, ISBN 9780916366568, page 29:
- Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast.
- 2016 February 2, Jake Drake, “Janet Jackson and American **** Culture”, in rec.music.opera, Usenet:
- There really is no other purpose for wearing a pasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency.
- 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche, volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, ISBN 9780984118229, page 164:
- "What's a pasty?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term pasty."
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Translations
a covering for the nipple
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Related terms
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: păst'i, IPA(key): /ˈpæsti/
- Rhymes: -æsti
- (Australia) enPR: päst'i, IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsti/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsti
Noun
pasty (plural pasties)
- A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A (savory) hand pie.
Usage notes
The spelling pasty is considered correct in the United Kingdom but in Australia the spelling pastie is the more common.
Derived terms
- Cornish pasty
- nasty pasty
- party pasty
Translations
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie