wastry
English
Etymology
From waste + -ery.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪstɹi/
- Rhymes: -eɪstɹi
Noun
wastry (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 136:
Synonyms
- wastery
Adjective
wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)
- wasteful, extravagant
Anagrams
- sawtry, strawy, swarty