waxy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wăkʹsē, IPA: /ˈwæksi/, X-SAMPA: /"w{ksi/

  Rhymes: -æksi

Etymology 1

From wax (“soft oily substance”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

waxy (comparative waxier, superlative waxiest)

1. Resembling wax in texture or appearance.

Derived terms

• waxily
• waxiness
• waxy cap, waxycap
• waxy cast
• waxy corn
• waxy degeneration
• waxy disease
• waxy finger
• waxy flexibility
• waxy kidney
• waxy liver
• waxy maize
• waxy monkey leaf frog
• waxy potato
• waxy spleen

Translations

Translations

Finnish: vahamainen French: cireux m., cireuse f. German: wächsern, wachsartig

Italian: cereo (it) m., cerea (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: cèireach (gd) Spanish: ceroso (es) Welsh: cwyr (cy)

Etymology 2

From wax (“fit of anger”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

waxy (comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy)

1. (regional, colloquial) Angry.
   • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 385:

     A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.