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waxlike

wax·like

uncommon

adjective

1.

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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2.

resembling or covered with wax

  • “as shiny as a waxy pippin”
  • “the ceraceous surface of the leaves”
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Origin

From wax + -like.

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