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pastiness

[pey-stee-nis]

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noun

the quality of being pasty.

Origin of pastiness

First recorded in 1600–10; pasty¹ + -ness

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for pastiness

whiteness, sallowness, wanness, etiolation, achromatic, cadaverousness, pastiness

Examples from the Web for pastiness

Historical Examples of pastiness

Cigarettes and late hours may have given him a touch of pastiness.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917
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Mix well, but not to pastiness, adding more crumbs or liquid as required to make a rather soft mixture.
The Laurel Health Cookery
Evora Bucknum Perkins
The two evils to be avoided in baking are, hardness on the one hand, and pastiness on the other.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure