pasty

1 of 2

noun

pas·​ty ˈpa-stē How to pronounce pasty (audio)
plural pasties
1
: a meat pie
2

pasty

2 of 2

adjective

pastier; pastiest
: resembling paste
especially : pallid and unhealthy in appearance
pastiness noun

Examples of pasty in a Sentence

Adjective The mixture has a pasty consistency. She has a pasty complexion. You look a little pasty. Are you feeling OK?
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Stick the pasties on your boob, lift each one with the tug of its top tab, then adhere it to your skin. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024 Band sometimes ran into trouble distinguishing between a bunch of pasty guys wearing the same uniform. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024 Their most popular vegetarian pasty is one featuring butternut squash, leek and Emmental cheese. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024 Vegetable Lasagna This baked pasty dish is both wonderfully cheesy and extremely fresh tasting. Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2024 His paintwork, sometimes lush and lovely, can also be clogged and pasty. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023 The music extravaganza has a history of producing memorable fashion moments, from Madonna’s white lace boy toy look in 1984, to Lil Kim’s lilac jumpsuit and matching pasty in 1999 and Lady Gaga’s meat dress’s meat dress’s meat dress’s meat dress in 2010. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023 Sadly, the reality is something chalky, pasty, pulpy, grainy, and, yes, vomitrocious. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023 Just take Lady Gaga’s meat dress in 2010, or Lil Kim’s purple nipple pasty in 1999. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
Adjective
Concerns over his physical shape had already come to the fore over the summer after paparazzi pictures revealed a pasty complexion and an overweight figure. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease. Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022 Then pasty and gummy will give way to silky and stretchy. Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022 My flight into Granada terminated at a windswept, arid airport whose women’s room stalls featured photos of the Alhambra’s towers and flowers on their pasty white walls. Maria C. Hunt, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 Mineral sunscreen typically comes in lotion form, and the zinc oxide creates a thick, pasty texture and can leave a white cast (though new brands have mastered the invisible zinc formula, thank goodness). Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Aug. 2022 His newest villain is barely a character, and the eerily pasty Goldmember mostly just feels like an excuse for Myers to don more weird prosthetics. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022 If your mess is pasty, use a spatula or butter knife to scrape off as much as possible. Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Your complexion tends to grow paler with age, so a matching shade can leave you looking pasty or ashy. April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English pastee, from Anglo-French pasté, from paste dough, paste

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1607, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pasty was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pasty. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

pasty

1 of 2 noun
pas·​ty ˈpas-tē How to pronounce pasty (audio)
plural pasties
: pie entry 1
especially : a meat pie

pasty

2 of 2 adjective
pastier; pastiest
: resembling paste
especially : pale and unhealthy in appearance
pastiness noun

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