waspy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  2. Infested with wasps.
  3. Waspish; irascible.
adj
  1. Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of waspy (“characteristic of a WASP”).

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒspi/ /ˈwɑspi/ En-au-waspy.ogg

Word forms

waspy waspier waspiest

Etymology

From wasp + -y.

Related words

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