pastiness

[pey-stee-nis]

noun

1. the quality of being pasty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastiness¹

First recorded in 1600–10; pasty ¹ + -ness

Example Sentences

“It aids in even browning and prevents items from sticking during sauteing, but it doesn’t impart the pastiness that regular all-purpose flour can.”

From Washington Post

Even his excessive indoor pastiness, possibly the result of spending all that time in the studio with those 100 producers, is funny, and Samberg, at heart a pasty indoor person himself, knows it.

From Time

Saliva forcefiilly oozed through the dry pastiness of my mouth.

From Literature

Putt′y-faced, having a face resembling putty in pastiness or colour.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

IT’S mid-January and for some of us, pastiness is starting to seem like a permanent condition.

From New York Times