Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a wasp.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to wasps; wasp-like.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wasps.
Etymologies
- From Latin vespa, wasp. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I had chili for lunch and have plenty “vespine gas”.”
“I do in fact, frequently say “we require more vespine gas” and yes, one of the best RTS, and it does age very well.”
“I wish I could have “we require more vespine gas” as a ring tone on my cheap cell phone.”
“| Reply perhaps blizzard finally acquired enough vespine gas for the upgrade”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Be glad they changed their mind…
“1920-1964 Os vespine wasp 1843 - bombycine silkworm 1884 OW W culicine mosquito”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vespine’.
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phrontistery-v
from phrontistery.info
vulviform, vulvar, vulturine, vulpine, vulpicide, vulpecular, vulnerose, vulsella, vulnerary, vulnerate, vulgus, vulgo and 396 more...
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wasps
wasp, appledrain, bembex, bembix, braconid, byke, chalcid, hornet, horntail, marabunta, pompilid, vespa and 7 more...
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Awesome biological adjectives
vespine, virulent, viviparous, vulpine, vulturine, xeromorphic, ursine, ungulate, terricolous, sylvan, setaceous, sciurine and 14 more...
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animals strike curious poses
the asethetic of an animal... animal adjectives
corvine, pavonine, equine, bovine, musteline, myrmecine, ursine, apic, ranine, vulpine, vespine, pteropine and 20 more...
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i like
words to use, memorize, lavish with my affections
empyreal, quiddity, esthetic, crepitation, dénouement, feuilleton, macule, napthalene, förutse, verdure, montane, decalcomania and 105 more...
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Beastly adjectives
How would you describe your brother-in-law? Is he a tad bovine? Maybe there is something lacertilian about him? Or his business practices seem a little percesocine to you.
dasyproctine, tolypeutine, asinine, feline, canine, eusuchian, simian, musteline, cervine, caprine, percesocine, hirudine and 227 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Animal-ine
feline, leonine, vulpine, canine, ranine, elephantine, serpentine, cervine, ovine, porcine, aquinine, asinine and 171 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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noele's list
vertiginous, verdant, mellifluous, serpentine, verdigris, traject, amaranthine, luminous, phosphorescent, temerous, cerulean, shapeshifter and 531 more...
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Animaline
Animal words ending in -ine
bovine, porcine, taurine, ursine, leonine, murcine, piscine, elephantine, serpentine, vulpine, zebrine, feline and 16 more...
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Animal Adjectives
Words like porcine and bovine. I'm collecting them.
porcine, bovine, corvine, ovine, vulpine, feline, canine, lupine, ursine, equine, vespine, oscine and 10 more...
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scrabble
za, picacho, brosy, alba, evite, ancress, pyrexia, refugia, statice, diseuse, zori, vespine and 7 more...
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herotuesday's Words
butyraceous, thrasonical, turgid, ululate, irenic, punctilio, discombobulate, ecdysiast, formicate, favonian, agnate, erubescence and 614 more...
Tweets
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joanne wasplike.
and not vespene. Jan 23, 2009