a. [f. WISP sb.1 + -ISH1.] Of the nature of or resembling a wisp.
1896. Sara J. Duncan, His Honour & a Lady, xi. Involuntarily she put a wispish curl in its place.
1923. E. Bramah, Eyes of Max Carrados, iii. 113. Running with ungainly movements of her long, wispish arms.
1925. Buchan, in Chamb. Jrnl., Jan., 53/1. A small man … with a wispish tawny beard.
