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▪ I. ˈwaspy, n. Obs. exc. dial. Now dial. wapsy. [f. wasp n.1 + -y6.] A wasp.
a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 330 Angry as a waspy! a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Waps, wapsy, a wasp. ▪ II. waspy, a.1|ˈwɒspɪ| [f. wasp n.1 + -y1.] 1. Resembling a wasp in form, wasp-like.
1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 921 Whereupon that Greek Comick Poet calls those Maids,..for their slendernesse in the waste σϕηκοδεῖς [sic], waspy or like Wasps. 1869T. W. Wood in Student II. 87 The hornet clearwing,..so waspy in appearance. 1870Daily News 19 July 6 A brown horse with a light waspy middle. 1889Sportsman 29 July 2/1 So long as a waspy waist is considered ‘a thing of beauty’. 2. Abounding in wasps.
1681Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 53 It was also a very waspy year. 1880Morris in Mackail Life (1899) II. 13 Very hot and waspy it was at dinner. |