pasty (redirected from pastiest)

past·y ¹  (pst)

adj. past·i·er, past·i·est

1. Resembling paste in consistency.

2. Having a pale lifeless appearance; pallid: an unhealthy, pasty complexion.

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pasti·ness n.

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pas·ty ²  (pst)

n. pl. pas·ties Chiefly British

A pie or turnover, especially one filled with seasoned meat or fish.

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[Middle English pastey, from Old French paste, from Vulgar Latin *pasttum, from Late Latin pasta, paste; see paste¹.]

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pasty¹

adj pastier, pastiest

1. of or like the colour, texture, etc., of paste

2. (esp of the complexion) pale or unhealthy-looking

n pl pasties

(Clothing & Fashion) either one of a pair of small round coverings for the nipples used by striptease dancers

pastily  adv

pastiness  n

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pasty²

n pl pasties

(Cookery) a round of pastry folded over a filling of meat, vegetables, etc. Cornish pasty

[from Old French pastée, from Late Latin pasta dough]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pasty - small meat pie or turnover           Cornish pasty - meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables meat pie - pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough pork pie - small pie filled with minced seasoned pork
	2.	pasty - (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
Adj.	1.	pasty - resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white" pastelike colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	pasty - having the sticky properties of an adhesive gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous adhesive - tending to adhere

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pasty

adjective pale, unhealthy, wan, sickly, pallid, anaemic, sallow, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced My complexion remained pale and pasty.

Translations

pasty¹ [ˈpæstɪ] N (Brit) (= pie) → pastel m (de carne), empanada f

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pasty² [ˈpeɪstɪ] ADJ (pastier (compar) (pastiest (superl))) [substance] → pastoso; [complexion] → pálido
to look pasty → estar pálido

pasty [ˈpæsti]

n → petit pâté (en croûte)

[ˈpeɪsti] adj (= pale) [person] → au teint terreux; [complexion] → terreux/euse
to look pasty → avoir le teint terreux

pasty¹

adj

consistency → zähflüssig

colour → blässlich; look → blass, kränklich

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pasty²

n (esp Brit) → Pastete f

pasty² [ˈpeɪstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (complexion) → smorto/a

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pasty² [ˈpeɪstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (complexion) → smorto/a