waxy

Words with a similar base: waxy

'waxy'

[waxen.a.01] as in: made of or covered with wax

Examples:
waxen candles
careful, the floor is waxy

'waxy'

[impressionable.a.01] as in: easily impressed or influenced

Examples:
an impressionable youngster
an impressionable age
a waxy mind

'waxy'

[bendable.s.01] as in: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

Examples:
a flexible wire
a pliant young tree

'waxy'

[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

					waxy (English)
├── -y (English)
│   └── -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── wax (English)
    ├── weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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