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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]