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Synonyms for waxen

Grammar : Adj
Spell : wak-suh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæk sən

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Définition of waxen

Origin :
  • "substance made by bees," Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wakhsan (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax, Dutch was, German Wachs); cognate with Old Church Slavonic vasku, Lithuanian vaÅ¡kas, Polish wosk, Russian vosk "wax" (but these may be from Germanic). Waxworks "exhibition of wax figures representing famous or notorious persons" first recorded 1796.
  • adj waxlike
  • adj pliable
  • adj pale
Example sentences :
  • All the waxen face was already dead, the eyes only were still living.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • The waxen image is at its feet, as a suppliant, and awaiting only death.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • Tis but fancy, which is to love as the waxen image to the living man.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • It was the yellowish, waxen face of Mrs. Silsbee that had been uncovered.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • What are the people doing in the dark, with the waxen images and the horrid crucifixes?
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • The thin, waxen mask of assumed kindness has melted from her face!
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • Clasped to her breast by her two waxen hands was a rag doll.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
  • The whole party moved in a body into the thicket of waxen stalks.
  • Extract from : « The Old Tobacco Shop » by William Bowen
  • The waxen complexion, fair hair, and blue eyes of the girl were almost her own.
  • Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • His face was waxen, and he looked utterly small and harmless.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett

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