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Paspy vs Waspy - What's the difference?

paspy | waspy |

As a noun paspy

is a kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and for some time after.

As an adjective waspy is

resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.

paspy

English

Noun

(paspies)
  • A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of (Queen Elizabeth I) and for some time after.
  • (Percy Smith)

    Synonyms

    * passing measure * passymeasure (Webster 1913)

    waspy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  • * 2001 , Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
  • 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.
  • Infested with wasps.
  • a waspy apple

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * WASPy

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 17, author=Allen Salkin, title=Manny and the Socialites: Let’s Roll, work=New York Times citation
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