蜾蠃少女すがるおとめ

noun

wasp-waisted girl

Archaic term for a girl with a very slender waist, likened to the narrow waist of a potter wasp. Found in classical literature and poetry.

• 「蜾蠃すがる少女おとめ」は、平へい安あん時じ代だいの和わ歌かなどに見みられる古ふるい表ひょう現げんだ。

  The term 蜾蠃少女 is an old expression found in Heian-period waka poetry and similar works.