vespine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛspaɪn

Adjective

vespine (comparative more vespine, superlative most vespine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wasps.
   • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council:

     Ori braced himself, dropped with a cry when a ghost image of the wasp returned in air again momentarily varicose, and went, and came back once more, now nothing but a vespine insinuation, and was, finally, all gone.

Anagrams

• pensive