Definition for WASP'ISH

WASP'ISH, a.

  1. Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race. – Pope.
  2. Having a very slender waist, like a wasp.

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