"resembling paste," 1650s, from paste (n.) + -y (2). Related: Pastiness.

c. 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).

Small pastry pie with a savory filling of meat, potatoes and onion.

Small pastry pie with a savory filling of meat, potatoes and onion.

Mixture of meat, sometimes with onions and mashed potato; encased in pastry dough, like a meat pie

(n) small meat pie or turnover(n) (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers(adj) resembling paste in color; p [..]

A folded pastry case filled with seasoned meat and vegetables, often associated with the Cornwall region of England. Also called a Cornish pasty.

Like paste, sticky. ''These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well, they are very pasty.'' pale, lacking colour, having a pallor ''He is pasty-faced.'' (figuratively) ''He was feeling pasty.'' [..]