waxen
IPA: wˈæksʌn
adjective
- (UK, dialectal) Grown.
- Made of or covered with wax.
- Of or pertaining to wax.
- Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
- Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible.
- (rare) Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
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Examples of "waxen" in Sentences
- And melt the waxen hearts of men.
- The relic was then sealed in a waxen statue which represented a young woman.
- The waxen stood in a suppliant posture, as ready to perish in a servile manner.
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