English

Adjective

waspy ‎(comparative waspier, superlative waspiest)

1. 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.

2. Infested with wasps.

   a waspy apple

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• WASPy

Adjective

waspy ‎(comparative more waspy, superlative most waspy)

1. (slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
   • 2007 June 17, Allen Salkin, “Manny and the Socialites: Let’s Roll”, in New York Times:

     “I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types.

See also

• waspie