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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Waspish

· Wasp·ish · IPA /ˈwɑ.spɪʃ/
01 a. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
  1. 1.
    Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
  2. 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, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race.” Pope.