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What is the noun for waspishness?

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wasp
  1. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
  2. (entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
    1. Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
  3. A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
  4. Examples:
    1. “When a nasty wasp stung two of us, the shaman congratulated us, saying it would help mitigate the future contraction of arthritis.”
      “I wouldn't mind, as I remind my wife, but I've never in my life been stung by a wasp.”
      “There is also a parasitic wasp that attacks them but they are not effective enough to prevent the damage.”
wasp
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”)
  2. Examples:
    1. “When a nasty wasp stung two of us, the shaman congratulated us, saying it would help mitigate the future contraction of arthritis.”
      “I wouldn't mind, as I remind my wife, but I've never in my life been stung by a wasp.”
      “There is also a parasitic wasp that attacks them but they are not effective enough to prevent the damage.”
waspdom
  1. The state or essence of being a wasp.
  2. Synonyms:
wasphood
  1. The state or essence of being a wasp.
  2. Synonyms:
waspishness
  1. the quality of being waspish
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After a long day at work, his exhaustion led to even the slightest comment triggering his deep-seated waspishness, resulting in an unnecessary argument.”
      “Her constant sarcasm and snide remarks revealed the underlying waspishness she harbored towards her colleagues.”
waspling
  1. A small, young, or baby wasp.
wasplings
  1. plural of waspling
wasps
  1. plural of wasp
  2. Examples:
    1. “All around me white and yellow flowering acacia trees are abuzz with bees, wasps, and colorful cetoniid beetles.”
      “Another hazard that sometimes faced the picker was disturbing a nest of wasps or some other stinging creatures.”
      “The insects most likely to cause allergic reactions are wasps, honeybees, hornets, yellow jackets and ants.”
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