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waspier

waspier is the comparative form of waspy.

Meaning of waspy

Adjective (1)

waspy (comparative waspier, superlative waspiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
    • I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.2001, Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
  2. Infested with wasps.
    • a waspy apple
  3. Waspish; irascible.

Adjective (2)

waspy (comparative waspier, superlative waspiest)

  1. (slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
    • “I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types.2007 June 17, Allen Salkin, “Manny and the Socialites: Let’s Roll”, in New York Times

Adjective capitalized: WASPier

WASPier

  1. (comparative) comparative form of WASPy: more WASPy

Questions about waspier

What is waspier the comparative form of?
Waspier is the comparative form of waspy.
What part of speech is waspier?
Waspier is an adjective.

Words near waspier in the dictionary

  1. waspfish
  2. waspfishes
  3. wasphood
  4. WASPI
  5. waspie
  6. waspier
  7. waspies
  8. waspiest
  9. waspily
  10. waspiness
  11. wasping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waspier (page history and authors); WASPier (page history and authors); waspy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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