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Webster 1913 Edition


Waspish

Wasp′ish

,
Adj.
1.
Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
2.
Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
He was naturally a
waspish
and hot man.
Bp. Hall.
Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace
This jealous,
waspish
, wrong-head, rhyming race.
Pope.
Syn. – Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; testy; peevish; captious.
Wasp′ish-ly
,
adv.
Wasp′ish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Waspish

WASPISH

,
Adj.
Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront.
Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race.

Definition 2024


waspish

waspish

See also: WASPish

English

Adjective

waspish (comparative more waspish, superlative most waspish)

  1. Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
  2. Spiteful or irascible.

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