[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.
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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]