PASTILLAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (PAH-stee-ahj)

MEANING: noun: A sugar paste that’s molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From French pastillage (a small figure made of sugar), from pastille (lozenge), from Spanish pastilla (candy), from Latin pasta (dough). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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POSTILLAGE - after the harvest is over

PASVILLAGE - 1. the town my dad grew up in; 2. a community of dances

PASTILLAGE - see POSTILLAGE, above

EASTILLAGE - a neighborhood in lower Manhattan