Waxy

Pronunciation

• enPR: wăkʹsÄ“, IPA: /ˈwæksi/
• Rhymes: -æksi

From wax("soft oily substance") + -y.

Full definition of waxy

Adjective

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

From wax("fit of anger") + -y.

Adjective

1. (regional, colloquial) Angry.
• 1913, D. H. Lawrence, ,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.