英和和英

語源

From waste +‎ -ery.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɹi/
• 韻: -eɪstɹi

名詞

wastry (uncountable)

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.

同意語

• wastery

形容詞

wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)

1. wasteful, extravagant

アナグラム

• sawtry, strawy, swarty