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wispiest
Variant of wisp
wisp
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wisp (wisp)
noun
- a small bundle or bunch, as of straw
- a thin, slight, or filmy piece, strand, etc. a wisp of smoke
- something delicate, frail, etc. a wisp of a girl
- will-o'-the-wisp
Etymology: ME, prob. < Scand, as in Swed visp, a bundle of rushes or twigs, akin to ON visk: see whisk
transitive verb
to roll into a wisp
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