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- adjective obsolete Made, done, or (especially) cooked
hastily
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word speustic
JM notes that next time he is making a speustic pie he will use an oven
April 10, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word speustic
The adjective speustic first appeared in a 17th century dictionary called Glossographia (1656) by the English lexicographer Thomas Blount. Sadly it doesn’t seem to have caught on—the Oxford English Dictionary has unearthed no other record of the word in print since, but that’s not to say that it isn’t worth remembering: It very usefully describes any meal or plate of food that’s cooked or thrown together in haste.
January 9, 2018