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wasps | waspy |

As a noun wasps

is .

As an adjective waspy is

(label) of, related to, or characteristic of a wasp (white anglo-saxon protestant) or the culture of wasps.

wasps

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    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
    • , passage=“I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types. }}