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Meaning of 'waxen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Waxen
- of Wax
2 . Waxen [ a.]
- Made of wax.
- Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
- Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.

Meaning of 'waxen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . waxen [ a]
Meaning (1):
- made of or covered with wax
Example in sentence:
  • careful, the floor is waxy;
  • waxen candles
2 . waxen [ s]
Meaning (2):
- having the paleness of wax
Example in sentence:
  • a thin face with a waxy paleness;
  • the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor;
  • the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him

Nearby Words:

wax waxberry waxbill waxbird waxed waxiness waxing waxwing waxwork waxworker

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