waxen
Adjective
- made of or covered with wax
- "waxen candles"
Adjective Satellite
- having the paleness of wax; - Bram Stoker
- "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"
Adj
- Grown.
- Made of or covered with wax.
- Of or pertaining to wax.
- Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
- Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible.
- Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
Verb
- alternative past participle of wax.
- plural simple present of wax
Examples
- "a waxen tablet"
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).
Scrabble Score: 15
waxen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordwaxen is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
waxen is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
waxen is a valid Words With Friends word