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pasty en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpeɪsti/ (UK, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • pāst'i (UK, US)

Etymology

From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).

Meanings

  1. Like paste, sticky.
    • These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
  2. Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
    • Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
    • (figuratively) He was feeling pasty.
    • He is pasty-faced.
  3. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) Whiteskinned.
    • “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. 2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:
    • 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!" 2008, John Lacombe, Winter Games, page 184:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pastier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
pastey alternative, rare lexicographic
pastiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

pastiness · pastily · semipasty

Synonyms

pasty-faced

Translations (19)

fi kalpea (pale, lacking colour) · es opaco (pale, lacking colour) · nl bleek (pale, lacking colour) · pt pegajoso (like paste, sticky) · bg клисав (like paste, sticky) · pl ciastowaty (like paste, sticky) · pt pálido (pale, lacking colour) · bg бледен (pale, lacking colour) · nl pasteus (like paste, sticky) · es pegajoso (like paste, sticky) · pl papkowaty (like paste, sticky) · es pálido (pale, lacking colour) · es pastoso (like paste, sticky) · sv blek (pale, lacking colour) · pt pastoso (like paste, sticky) · ga taosach (like paste, sticky) · pt viscoso (like paste, sticky) · pl ziemisty (pale, lacking colour) · pl blady (pale, lacking colour)

pasty en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • păstʹi (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpæsti/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • pästʹi (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɑːsti/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pastie alternative lexicographic
pasties Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Pastygate · party pasty · nasty pasty · Karelian pasty · Cornish pasty · pasty tax · windy pasty

Relateds

meat pie · sausage roll

Translations (16)

el μπουρέκι (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · kw pasti (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · sk piroh (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · ga pastae (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · bg пастет (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · ru пирожо́к (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · es empanada (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · pl pasztecik (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · es paste (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · fi piirakka (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · cy pastai (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · cy pasten (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · gl empanada (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · nl pastei (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · fi pasteija (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie) · cmn 餡餅 /馅饼 (a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie)

pasty en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From paste + -y (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, in-plural) Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).
    alt of pastie
    • Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast. 1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, Pushcart Press, →ISBN, page 29:
    • "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." 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche, volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, →ISBN, page 164:
    • There really is no other purpose for wearing a pasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency. 2004 February 2, Jake Drake, “Janet Jackson and American Slut Culture”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):
    • One of the experienced dancers dabbed a bit of rubber cement inside a silver-sequinned pasty and told Betty to place it over her nipple 2001, Irene Pence, Buried Memories, Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 52:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pasties Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

nipple pastie · nipple pasty