/an'ti pah"stoh, -pas"toh/ ; It. /ahn'tee pahs"taw/ , n. , pl. antipastos, antipasti /-pah"stee, -pas"tee/ ; It. /-pahs"tee/ . Italian Cookery.
a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
[ 1580-90; anti- ( ante- ANTE-) + pasto food pastus pasturage, feeding ground, orig. the act of feeding, equiv. to pas- s. of pascere to feed + -tus suffix of v. action ]