Waspy

adjective

ˈwä-spē 

ˈwȯ-

variants or WASPy

Waspier or WASPier; Waspiest or WASPiest

sometimes disparaging

: of, relating to, associated with, characterized by, or suggestive of WASPs

a Waspy neighborhood

The next day I meet Scudder, a Waspy investment banker, to go shopping.

—Candace Bushnell

I don't have my father's nose, but there is an Italian trait to it. It's not a short, WASPy nose.

—Isabella Rossellini

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above