Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Waspish character or state.
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- noun the quality of being
waspish
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Examples
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Actually it’s Apples iTunes, they can and will break any attempt to bypass the record industry plutocrats DRM, like it or not; otherwise your waspishness is wasted
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Actually it’s Apples iTunes, they can and will break any attempt to bypass the record industry plutocrats DRM, like it or not; otherwise your waspishness is wasted.
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There are a few moments of waspishness in Lazarus Rising.
Down Under, Summing Up Mary Kissel 2010
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Helen McCrory, as his mother, blends waspishness with vulnerability.
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It was purely the waspishness of a woman irritated beyond her limits.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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Stanley Hatch could not remember when, if ever, he had ever heard such waspishness from his wife.
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He took a typesetting job on the far side of the Mississippi, in Warsaw, Illinois.34 He came back a few weeks later, but his eruption typified his lifelong waspishness toward his older brother.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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He took a typesetting job on the far side of the Mississippi, in Warsaw, Illinois.34 He came back a few weeks later, but his eruption typified his lifelong waspishness toward his older brother.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Shelly's hands were clasped dutifully behind her back, carefully not touching anything, so Anna stifled her waspishness.
Hunting Season Barr, Nevada 2002
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The movement emphasized the waspishness of his appearance.
FORTUNE’S LIGHT MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 1991
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