waxlike

Words with a similar base: waxlike

'waxlike'

[waxen.s.01] as in: having the paleness of wax; - Bram Stoker

Examples:
the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor
the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him
a thin face with a waxy paleness

Origins

					waxlike (English)
├── -like (English)
│   └── like (English)
│       └── liken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│           └── lician (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── wax (English)
    ├── weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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