pasty Definition

pasty¹
noun

pasties
1. A pie consisting of pastry folded round a savoury or sweet filling.

Example: Cornish pasty

Etymology: 13c: from French pastée, from pasta paste.

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pasty²
adj pastier, pastiest

1. Like a paste in texture.
2. Said of the complexion: unhealthily pale.

Thesaurus: pale, sallow, wan, waxy, pallid, sickly; Antonym: healthy.

Derivative: pastiness
noun

Etymology: 17c: from paste.