Waxen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwæksən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Waxen is an adjective meaning (UK, dialectal) Grown.
Meaning
(UK, dialectal) Grown.
More Meanings
- 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.
- (archaic) alternative past participle of wax.
- (obsolete) plural simple present of wax
- (rare) Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
Example Sentences
a waxen tablet
When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare.
and then the whole Quire hould their hippes, and loffe, and waxen in their myrth, and neeze, and ſweare a merrier hower was neuer waſted there.
The traveller hears me now and then, And sometimes harshly will he speak: ‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’
Synonyms for waxen
Depending on context, synonyms include colorless, colourless, waxy, waxlike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waxy, waxlike, colorless, colourless, oily, greasy.
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