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waspiest

waspiest is the superlative 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: WASPiest

WASPiest

  1. (superlative) superlative form of WASPy: most WASPy

Questions about waspiest

What is waspiest the superlative form of?
Waspiest is the superlative form of waspy.
What part of speech is waspiest?
Waspiest is an adjective.

Words near waspiest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waspiest (page history and authors); WASPiest (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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