Meanings
nounwastry (uncountable)
- Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableExtravagance, wastefulness.
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 (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 136Synonyms: wastery
adjectivewastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)
comparative more wastry · superlative most wastry
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nounExtravagance, wastefulness.
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wastry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastry
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