WASPISH
\wˈɒspɪʃ], \wˈɒspɪʃ], \w_ˈɒ_s_p_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of WASPISH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
By Princeton University
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very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
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Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
By Oddity Software
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Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
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Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.
By Noah Webster.
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Like a wasp: having a slender waist like a wasp: quick to resent an affront.
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WASPISHLY.
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WASPISHNESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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