wastry

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English

Etymology

From waste +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wastry (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Extravagance, wastefulness.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 136:
      Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.

Synonyms

Adjective

wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)

  1. wasteful, extravagant

Anagrams

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