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waxy

UK/ˈwæksi/ US/ˈwæksi/ rare obsolete slang uk

adjective

1.

made of or covered with wax

  • “waxen candles”
  • “careful, the floor is waxy”
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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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3.

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 wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.

Phrases

  • waxy cap
  • waxy cast
  • waxy corn
  • waxy degeneration
  • waxy disease
  • waxy finger
  • waxy flexibility
  • waxy kidney

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