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Waspish, Wespish, adj. [e.m.E. waspyshe (1566), waspishe (a1568), waspish (1596).] Like a wasp, having some characteristic of a wasp. — 1649 Review Bramble's Faire Warning Preface.
I saw … his pen so wespish and full of gall, that I judged him unworthy of any answer 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 89.
Thy waspish tongue will never fail To prat, to scold, revile and rail
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