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waxen, waxy

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  • Waxen — Wax en, a. 1. Made of wax. The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. [1913 Webster] 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. [1913 Webster] Men have marble,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Waxen chatterer — Waxen Wax en, a. 1. Made of wax. The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. [1913 Webster] 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. [1913 Webster] Men have… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • waxy — adjective (waxier; est) Date: 1552 1. made of, abounding in, or covered with wax ; waxen < a waxy surface > < waxy berries > 2. resembling wax: as a. readily shaped or molded b. marked by smooth or lustrous whiteness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • waxen — a. 1. Wax like, waxy. 2. Soft, yielding, tender. 3. Wax covered. 4. Of wax …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • waxlike — adjective having the paleness of wax (Freq. 1) 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 • Syn: ↑waxen, ↑waxy • Sim …   Useful english dictionary

  • wan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pale, pallid, waxen, waxy, ashen, ashy, bloodless. See colorlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. colorless, sickly, blanched; see pale 1 . See Synonym Study at pale . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …   English dictionary for students

  • cereus — cactus genus, 1730, from L. cereus waxen, waxy, from cera wax. So called from its shape, which suggests a candle …   Etymology dictionary

  • wax — wax1 [waks] n. [ME < OE weax, akin to Ger wachs < IE * wokso < * weg , to weave, prob. < base * (a)we , to WEAVE] 1. a plastic, dull yellow substance secreted by bees for building cells; beeswax: it is hard when cold and easily molded …   English World dictionary

  • wax — I. /wæks / (say waks) noun 1. any of a group of amorphous solid materials consisting of esters of monohydric alcohols and the higher homologues of fatty acids, as beeswax, an ester of palmitic acid, C30H61OCOC15H31. 2. any of various other… …  

  • sallow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. yellow, muddy; sickly, pallid, wan, jaundiced. See color, colorlessness.Ant., ruddy, colorful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wan, pallid, ashy, ashen, colorless, waxy, yellow, olive, jaundiced, muddy… …   English dictionary for students

  • colorless — adjective 1. lacking in variety and interest a colorless and unimaginative person a colorless description of the parade • Syn: ↑colourless • Ant: ↑colourful (for: ↑colourless), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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