Waxen
['wæks(ə)n] or ['wæksn]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) made of or covered with wax; 'waxen candles'; 'careful, the floor is waxy' .
Typist: Ollie--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Wax
(a.) Made of wax.
(a.) Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
(a.) Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
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Examples
- As he held the waxen print close to the blood-stain, it did not take a magnifying glass to see that the two were undoubtedly from the same thumb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No fewer than four silver candelabras, holding great waxen torches, served to illuminate this apartment. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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