vespine

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛspaɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.