Pastie

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪsti/

Definitions

1. A small adhesive patch used to cover parts of the body ; a baked pastry typically filled with meat and vegetables, often handheld
2. An adhesive covering applied for modesty or protection on the skin ; a traditional British pastry containing savory fillings, commonly eaten as a snack or meal
3. A tiny sticking patch worn over the skin, usually for decorative or protective reasons ; a folded pastry crust filled with meat or other ingredients, associated with regional cuisines

Etymology: The two senses of this word grew from the same root but along very different paths. The pastry sense comes from Middle English "paste", borrowed from Anglo-Norman "paste" and Old French "pasté", which referred to a dough-wrapped dish, and it is a doublet of "patty", meaning the two words split from one source and entered English by different routes. The sticky-patch sense is far newer: it is formed from "paste" with the diminutive suffix "-ie", and it is first recorded around 1954 in the publications of E. J. Abbot. The lineage of the pastry is the older and more settled story. Medieval cooks wrapped meat and other fillings in a crust, and the word for that dough-wrapped dish travelled into English through French, so the pastry and its name share a long history. The modern cuisines that the term now marks, such as the Cornish pasty and Australian pasties, carry that same root into regional food traditions.