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comparative waspier, superlative waspiest
Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. quotations examples
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.
2001, Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
Infested with wasps. examples
Waspish; irascible. examples
(slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. quotations
“I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types.
2007 June 17, Allen Salkin, “Manny and the Socialites: Let’s Roll”, in New York Times
At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics.
2017, Geneviève Zubrzycki, National Matters: Materiality, Culture, and Nationalism