waxen
a . 象蜡一样软的,蜡色的,苍白的
象蜡一样软的,蜡色的,苍白的
waxen adj 1 :
made of or covered with wax ; "
waxen candles "; "
careful ,
the floor is waxy " [
synonym : {
waxen }, {
waxy }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
waxen }, {
waxlike }, {
waxy }]
Wax \
Wax \ (
w [
a ^]
ks ),
v .
i . [
imp . {
Waxed };
p .
p . {
Waxed },
and Obs .
or Poetic {
Waxen };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Waxing }.] [
AS .
weaxan ;
akin to OFries .
waxa ,
D .
wassen ,
OS . &
OHG .
wahsan ,
G .
wachsen ,
Icel .
vaxa ,
Sw .
v [
aum ]
xa ,
Dan .
voxe ,
Goth .
wahsjan ,
Gr . ?
to increase ,
Skr .
waksh ,
uksh ,
to grow .
[
root ]
135 .
Cf . {
Waist }.]
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1 .
To increase in size ;
to grow bigger ;
to become larger or fuller ; --
opposed to wane .
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The waxing and the waning of the moon . --
Hakewill .
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Truth '
s treasures . . .
never shall wax ne wane .
--
P .
Plowman .
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2 .
To pass from one state to another ;
to become ;
to grow ;
as ,
to wax strong ;
to wax warmer or colder ;
to wax feeble ;
to wax old ;
to wax worse and worse .
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Your clothes are not waxen old upon you . --
Deut .
xxix .
5 .
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Where young Adonis oft reposes ,
Waxing well of his deep wound . --
Milton .
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{
Waxing kernels } (
Med .),
small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands ,
especially in the groins of children ; --
popularly so called ,
because supposed to be caused by growth of the body . --
Dunglison .
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Waxen \
Wax "
en \,
a .
1 .
Made of wax . "
The female bee ,
that . . .
builds her waxen cells ." --
Milton .
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2 .
Covered with wax ;
waxed ;
as ,
a waxen tablet .
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3 .
Resembling wax ;
waxy ;
hence ,
soft ;
yielding .
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Men have marble ,
women waxen ,
minds . --
Shak .
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{
Waxen chatterer } (
Zool .),
the Bohemian chatterer .
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
waxen ":
achromatic ,
achromic ,
anemic ,
ashen ,
ashy ,
blanched ,
bled white ,
bloodless ,
cadaverous ,
chloranemic ,
colorless ,
dead ,
deadly pale ,
deathly pale ,
dim ,
dimmed ,
dingy ,
discolored ,
doughy ,
dull ,
etiolated ,
exsanguinated ,
exsanguine ,
exsanguineous ,
faded ,
faint ,
fallow ,
flat ,
ghastly ,
gray ,
haggard ,
hueless ,
hypochromic ,
lackluster ,
leaden ,
livid ,
lurid ,
lusterless ,
mat ,
mealy ,
muddy ,
neutral ,
pale ,
pale as death ,
pale -
faced ,
pallid ,
pasty ,
sallow ,
sickly ,
tallow -
faced ,
toneless ,
uncolored ,
wan ,
washed -
out ,
weak ,
whey -
faced ,
white
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