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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,
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.
Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race.