Definitions for: Waxy


[adj] 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"
[adj] resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"
[adj] made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"



Webster (1913) Definition: Wax"y, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. ``Waxy
to persuasion.'' --Bp. Hall.

Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.

Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.

Synonyms: ceraceous, colorless, colourless, smooth, waxen, waxen, waxlike

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