waxy

Adjective
Synonyms: waxenimpressionableimpressiblebendablepliablepliantwaxlike

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. made of or covered with wax“waxen candles”“careful, the floor is waxy”Synonyms: waxen
  2. easily impressed or influenced“an impressionable youngster”“an impressionable age”“a waxy mind”Synonyms: impressionableimpressible
  3. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking“a flexible wire”“a pliant young tree”Synonyms: bendablepliablepliant
  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”Synonyms: waxenwaxlike
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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