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wasp

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"Stinging insect"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wɒsp/Part of speech nounSorted apswStarts with WEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (WASP).

Definitions

  1. social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests.

Used in a sentence

  • The show went through clothes to suit the lifestyle of a wealthy wasp, an American archetype that is now synonymous with the brand.
  • Bill got to college only by dint of support from a female relative and heiress (a useful WASP resource) and by scholarships, then a symbol of WASP entitlement.

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