pasty

adjective, past·i·er, past·i·est.

1. of or like paste in consistency, texture, color, etc.

noun, plural past·ies.

2. pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.

noun, plural pas·ties. Chiefly British.

1. a pie filled with game, fish, or the like.

adjective pastier or pastiest

1. of or like the colour, texture, etc, of paste
2. (esp of the complexion) pale or unhealthy-looking

noun plural pasties

3. either one of a pair of small round coverings for the nipples used by striptease dancers

noun plural pasties

1. a round of pastry folded over a filling of meat, vegetables, etcCornish pasty

nc.1300, a type of pastry pie, from Old French paste “dough, pastry,” from Vulgar Latin *pastata “meat wrapped in pastry” from Latin pasta (see pasta). adj.“resembling paste,” 1650s, from paste (n.) + -y (2). Related: Pastiness.