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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. made of or covered with wax;
- Example: "waxen candles"
- Example: "careful, the floor is waxy"
[syn: waxen, waxy]

2. easily impressed or influenced;
- Example: "an impressionable youngster"
- Example: "an impressionable age"
- Example: "a waxy mind"
[syn: impressionable, waxy, impressible]

3. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
- Example: "a flexible wire"
- Example: "a pliant young tree"
[syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy]

4. having the paleness of wax;
- Example: "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker
- Example: "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"
- Example: "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
[syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Waxy \Wax"y\, a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy to persuasion." --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

waxy adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy] 2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn: impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant: unimpressionable] 3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy] 4: 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" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]