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1 waisted
['weɪstɪd]* * *adjective (shaped to fit round the waist: a waisted jacket.) attillato, (che ha la vita)* * *waisted /ˈweɪstɪd/a.(spec. nei composti) che ha la vita; dalla vita: wasp-waisted, dalla vita di vespa; che ha un vitino di vespa; high-waisted trousers, calzoni (troppo) alti in vita.* * *['weɪstɪd] -
2 wasp
[wɒsp]nome AE (abbr. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant bianco anglosassone protestante) WASP m.* * *[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) (protestante anglosassone di razza bianca)- Waspish- waspish
- waspishly
- waspishness* * *(= White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) WASP m (= bianco/a protestante anglosassone)* * *wasp /wɒsp/n.● wasp-like, simile a una vespa; di (o da) vespa □ wasp waist, vitino di vespa □ wasp-waisted, dal vitino di vespa.* * *[wɒsp]nome AE (abbr. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant bianco anglosassone protestante) WASP m.
См. также в других словарях:
wasp-waisted — adjective having a small waist • Syn: ↑slender waisted, ↑slim waisted • Similar to: ↑thin, ↑lean … Useful english dictionary
wasp-waisted — adjective see wasp waist … New Collegiate Dictionary
wasp-waisted — See wasp waist. * * * … Universalium
wasp waisted — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clamped, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, cramped, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, ethereal, fine, fine drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail,… … Moby Thesaurus
wasp — O.E. wæps, wæsp, altered (probably by influence of L. vespa) from W.Gmc. *wabis (Cf. O.S. waspa, M.Du. wespe, Du. wesp, O.H.G. wafsa, Ger. Wespe, Dan. hveps), from PIE *wobhes /*wops (Cf. L. vespa, Lith. vapsa, O.C.S. vosa … Etymology dictionary
wasp waist — wasp waisted, adj. a woman s slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight corseting. [1865 70] * * * … Universalium
wasp waist — noun a very slender waist • Hypernyms: ↑waist, ↑waistline * * * noun : a very slender waist; specifically : a woman s tightly laced waistline * * * wasp waisted, adj. a woman s slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight cor … Useful english dictionary
waisted — |wāstə̇d adjective 1. : having a waist of a specified kind usually used in combination long waisted wasp waisted 2. : shaped like a waist … Useful english dictionary
wasp waist — noun Date: 1870 a very slender waist • wasp waisted adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
wasp waist — noun a woman s very narrow or tightly corseted waist. Derivatives wasp waisted adjective … English new terms dictionary
wasp waist — /ˈwɒsp weɪst/ (say wosp wayst) noun a slender, or tightly laced, waist. –wasp waisted, adjective …