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waxen

wa·xen

UK/ˈwæksən/ uncommon archaic obsolete rare uk

adjective

1.

made of or covered with wax

  • “waxen candles”
  • “careful, the floor is waxy”
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2.

having the paleness of wax

  • “the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor” Bram Stoker
  • “the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him”
  • “a thin face with a waxy paleness”
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Origin

From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).

Phrases

  • waxen chatterer
  • waxen image
  • waxen vein

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