waxen

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[ wak-suhn ]
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adjective
  1. made of or covered, polished, or treated with wax.

  2. resembling or suggesting wax: Illness gave his face a waxen appearance.

  1. weak, manageable, or impressionable: The minds of young children are waxen.

Origin of waxen

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before 1000; Middle English; Old English weaxen;see wax1, -en2

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Other definitions for waxen (2 of 2)

waxen2
[ wak-suhn ]

verbLiterary.
  1. a past participle of wax2.

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How to use waxen in a sentence

  • Deep in the shadow the three old ladies sat in a waxen ecstasy, so still that Michael wondered whether they were alive.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for waxen (1 of 2)

waxen1

/ (ˈwæksən) /


adjective
  1. made of, treated with, or covered with wax

  2. resembling wax in colour or texture

British Dictionary definitions for waxen (2 of 2)

waxen2

/ (ˈwæksən) /


verb
  1. archaic a past participle of wax 2

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