pasty
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) enPR: pāst'i, IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsti/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophone: pastie
- Rhymes: -eɪsti
Adjective edit
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
- 2008, John Lacombe, Winter Games, page 184:
- He smoothed his tailored suit and red tie. "Boy, does it look like I ain't rich now? My pockets are already full of paper! Why the fuck would I want to risk doing business with some pasty cracker? For all I know, you a cop!"
- 2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:
- “So, snow bunny, what should black women do? How do we...oh, how do I say this... cure our brothas of this widespread, pasty disease?” I didn't reply. Again, I tried to step away. Again, she grabbed my arm.
Synonyms edit
- (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
Translations edit
like paste, sticky
pale, lacking colour
Noun edit
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.
- 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche[4], volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, →ISBN, 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."
Translations edit
a covering for the nipple
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Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: păstʹi, IPA(key): /ˈpæsti/
- (General Australian) enPR: pästʹi, IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsti/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æsti, -ɑːsti
Noun edit
pasty (plural pasties)
- A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Usage notes edit
The spelling pasty is preferred in the United Kingdom, but in Australia pastie is more common.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
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Noun edit
pasty f
- inflection of pasta: