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waspy
1[ wos-pee ]
Waspy
2[ wos-pee ]
adjective
- Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs:
a Waspy country club.
Other Words From
- waspi·ly adverb
- waspi·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
He fears showing the WASPy Allison the side of him changed by Kalaj, and, similarly, fears judgment by Kalaj.
“Initially the role was this Beverly Hills WASPy type, but [creator Doug Ellin] wanted whatever essence I had,” said Chriqui.
But in Massachusetts, they're worried a WASPy wonk running for governor could score another GOP upset.
It has been, for Dobbs, a Kafka-like metamorphosis from WASPy establishmentarian to angry-populist cockroach.
There is that Waspy, American male, keeping-it-all-under-wraps sort of thing that corners both characters.
She had none of your Chinese feet, nor waspy, unhealthy waists, which those may admire who will.
If mother and dad ever have to go to London for anything, then I might—that is, if Waspy isn't here.
At others they are vividly white; to a certain extent this banded condition recalls the waspy coloration.
Good quarters—well ribbed up—not like one of the waspy greyhounds they call thoroughbred horses now-a-days.
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