wasty

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈweɪsti/ Rhymes: -eɪsti === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wasti, westy, westi, westiȝ (“desolate, deserted; destitute”), from Old English wēstiġ (“wasty, desert, desolate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstīg (“waste-like, deserted”), equivalent to waste +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots wasty, waisty (“desolate, deserted; unoccupied”), Dutch woestig (“inhospitable, rugged, wild”), German Low German wööstig (“desolate”). ==== Adjective ==== wasty (comparative wastier or more wasty, superlative wastiest or most wasty) Resembling a waste or wasteland; desert; (by extension) deserted, desolate. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English wasty (“extravagantly or wastefully expensive”), equivalent to waste +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== wasty (comparative wastier, superlative wastiest) Containing or yielding much waste. (of produce) Deteriorating, wasting away. (of livestock) Obese; excessively fat. Synonym of overfinished. (US) Resembling cotton-waste (the leftover cotton fibers from manufacturing and post-consumer sources that can be recycled into new products). (dated) Wasteful. === Anagrams === Wayts