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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