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semipasty

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ pasty.

Adjective

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semipasty (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partially pasty.
    • 1906, George Perkins Merrill, Contributions to the History of American Geology, page 600:
      [] the supposition that at one time the sedimentary mass rested on a floor of pasty or semipasty granite []
    • 2006, Christoph Schmitz, Handbook of Aluminium Recycling, page 82:
      [] the batch may become semipasty and stick to the wall of the drum.