WASPY

Etymology

Adjective

WASPy (comparative WASPier, superlative WASPiest)

(informal) Of, related to, or characteristic of a WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) or the culture of WASPs.

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• yawps

Etymology 1

Adjective

waspy (comparative waspier, )

Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.

Infested with wasps.

Etymology 2

Adjective

waspy (comparative more waspy, superlative most waspy)

(slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.

Anagrams

• yawps

Source: Wiktionary



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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