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tasty, a. Now colloq. and dial.|ˈteɪstɪ|
Also † tastey.
[f. taste n.1 + -y.]
1. a. Pleasing to the taste; appetizing, savoury.
1617Hieron Wks. II. 203 Sowre herbs, with which that tastie meat, the paschall lambe..was to be eaten. 1795in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. IV. 220 A tasty bird, that pheasant. 1849Curzon Visits Monast. 144 A famous pie, or pilau, with rice and a tasty sauce. a1862Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 381 The arts of compounding a pleasant pudding or combining a tasty pie.
b. fig. Pleasant, agreeable, attractive.
1796M. Robinson Angelina III. 179 ‘Here you are, my tasty ones!’ exclaimed Sir Edward. ‘Why, you played us a trick’. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 201 Pausing o'er each tasty flower. 1899R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. vii. 61 ‘Nice and tastey,’ observes my friend..as he points to a leg that seems to fear nothing on earth..not even Lord Campbell's Act. 1976Sounds 11 Dec. 41/5, I couldn't help wishing Can'd..pump out a tasty three minute song like their last single,..‘I Want More’.
c. (See quots.) slang.
1975Observer 11 May 2/7 ‘I got the impression that he with a bit tasty’ (i.e., had a criminal record). 1980Daily Mail 21 Mar. 7/2 A ‘tasty villain’ (a known criminal).
2. a. Characterized by or displaying good taste; tasteful, elegant. Now rare.
1762Goldsm. Cit. W. lxxvii, [The silk] is at once rich, tasty, and quite the thing. 1784New Spectator No. 16. 5 [Ranelagh] This region of taste was visited on Friday evening, by a great number of tasty people indeed. 1813J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 501 The head-dress of the younger girls is tasty; their hair falls down their backs in profusion. 1821Coleridge in Blackw. Mag. X. 254, I wish I could find a more familiar word than aesthetic... To be sure, there is tasty; but that has been long ago emasculated for all unworthy uses by milliners, tailors, and..dandies. 1862Thackeray Philip xxiv, My..waistcoat..is a much more tasty thing than these gaudy ready-made articles.
b. Fastidious. rare.
1905A. Adams Outlet 102 The two strangers were rather tasty, but Siringo ate ravenously.
3. Comb., as tasty-looking.
1867F. Francis Angling x. (1880) 375 This is a very tasty-looking fly. 1888F. Cowper Capt. of Wight (1889) 50 Some tasty-looking rolls, fresh butter, and cheese. |