Wastry

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈweɪstɹi/

Origin

From waste + -ery.

Full definition of wastry

Noun

1. (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.