waxwork

English

Etymology

wax +‎ work

Noun

waxwork (plural waxworks)

1. A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
   • 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:

     The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Roxbury waxwork
• waxworker

• waxwork-man
• waxworks

Translations

a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠟像／蜡像 (zh) (làxiàng), 蜡像 (zh) (làxiàng)

• Finnish: vahakuva, vahapatsas
• French: personnage en cire m
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• German: Wachsfigur (de) f
• Japanese: 蝋人形 (ろうにんぎょう, rōningyō)
• Russian: воскова́я фигу́ра f (voskovája figúra), муля́ж (ru) m (muljáž)
• Thai: หุ่นขี้ผึ้ง (th) (hùn-kîi-pʉ̂ng)

See also

• waxwork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wax museum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Wax museums on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons