pasty.
Like paste, sticky.
Meaning & usage
Like paste, sticky.
These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
He is pasty-faced.
Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
Whiteskinned.
Where this word comes from
From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
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”).
Where this word comes from
From paste + -y (diminutive suffix).
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