'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
Having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]

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

Words containing 'Waxen'