Found 2 hits - Term: waxy, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : 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
see also:
waxy degeneration amyloid waxy kidney waxy liver
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
waxy
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the
floor is waxy" syn: waxen
2: resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin";
"the ceraceous surface of the leaves" syn: waxlike, ceraceous
3: 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
also: waxiest, waxier
see also:
waxen waxlike ceraceous waxiest waxier
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