'Waxen' definitions:
Definition of 'waxen'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
adjective
Definition of 'Waxen'
From: GCIDE
- Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. Waxed; p. p. Waxed, and Obs. or Poetic Waxen; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[aum]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. [root]135. Cf. Waist.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. [1913 Webster]
- The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse. [1913 Webster]
- Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut. xxix. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waxen'
From: GCIDE
- Waxen \Wax"en\, a.
- 1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. [1913 Webster]
- Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Waxen chatterer (Zool.), the Bohemian chatterer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waxen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic,
- achromic,
- anemic,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- blanched,
- bled white,
- bloodless,
- cadaverous,
- chloranemic,
- colorless,
- dead,
- deadly pale,
- deathly pale,
- dim,
- dimmed,
- dingy,
- discolored,
- doughy,
- dull,
- etiolated,
- exsanguinated,
- exsanguine,
- exsanguineous,
- faded,
- faint,
- fallow,
- flat,
- ghastly,
- gray,
- haggard,
- hueless,
- hypochromic,
- lackluster,
- leaden,
- livid,
- lurid,
- lusterless,
- mat,
- mealy,
- muddy,
- neutral,
- pale,
- pale as death,
- pale-faced,
- pallid,
- pasty,
- sallow,
- sickly,
- tallow-faced,
- toneless,
- uncolored,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- weak,
- whey-faced,
- white