waxy

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A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.

Resembling wax in texture or appearance
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"
made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"
{s} resembling or made of wax; covered with wax; soft, readily shaped; smooth (as of a floor); furious (British)
Something that is waxy looks or feels like wax. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad. the waxy coating on the insect's body. like wax, or made of wax
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible
resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"
waxy cap
Any agaric of the family Hygrophoraceae
waxy caps
plural form of waxy cap
waxy flexibility
A psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia which leads to a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture
waxy spleen
amyloidosis of the spleen
waxiness
Quality or state of being waxy
waxiness
The quality of being waxy
waxy

    Hyphenation

    wa·xy

    Turkish pronunciation

    wäksi

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwaksē/ /ˈwæksiː/

    Etymology

    [ 'wak-sE ] (adjective.) 1552. From wax (“soft oily substance”) +‎ -y.
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