waspy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈwɒspi/
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/ˈwɒspi/ · /ˈwɑspi/

Definition of waspy

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
    “I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.”
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adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
    “I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.”
  2. Infested with wasps.
    “a waspy apple”
  3. Waspish; irascible.
  4. (slang)Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
    ““I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types.”
    “At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics.”
  5. (alt-of, informal)Alternative letter-case form of waspy (“characteristic of a WASP”).
    “Laughing, Ms. Vanderbilt said: “I have two very WASPy friends who are quite disapproving. One of them said, ‘I think it’s going to ruin your reputation.’”
    “She was the kind of Wasp-y pretty I desperately wanted to be – the type of beauty that provoked starry-eyed crushes instead of ass slaps.”

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Etymology

From wasp + -y.

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