Obs. rare–1. [f. BEE; after waspish, waspishness.] The quality of being like bees: used by Penn in his answer to the divines, who had termed the Friends ‘wasps.’
1674. Penn, Rebuke Divines, 12. Doth this flow from the Beeishness of your Nature?
Obs. rare–1. [f. BEE; after waspish, waspishness.] The quality of being like bees: used by Penn in his answer to the divines, who had termed the Friends ‘wasps.’
1674. Penn, Rebuke Divines, 12. Doth this flow from the Beeishness of your Nature?
