Meaning of WAXY
| Pronunciation: | | 'waksee
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- [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] resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"
- [adj] made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"
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| | Synonyms: | | ceraceous, colorless, colourless, smooth, waxen, waxen, waxlike |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. ``Waxy
to persuasion.'' --Bp. Hall.
{Waxy degeneration} (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
{Amyloid}.
{Waxy kidney}, {Waxy liver}, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
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