waxish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wax +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

waxish (comparative more waxish, superlative most waxish)

  1. Similar to wax.
    • 1986, Gargoyle, page 5:
      The Aunts just stand and tip waxish cups of punch to their faces.
    • 2016, Sigrid Weidenweber, From Gulag to Freedom, →ISBN:
      A hand floated beside the corpse, waxish white, looking more like a claw than ever.
    • 2018, Matt Braun, Shadow Killers and Deathwalk: Two Classic Westerns, →ISBN:
      Ernest Cramer, the mayoral contender, was a chunky man with a waxish grin and heavy jowls.
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