WAXEN • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Waxen

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

verb

Wax v. i. (past waxed; past part. waxed, obs. or poetic waxen; pres. part. waxing)

1.

To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; opposed to wane. "The waxing and the waning of the moon." "Truth's treasures... never shall wax ne wane."

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. "Your clothes are not waxen old upon you." "Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound."

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.

adjective

Waxen adj.

1.

Made of wax. "The female bee, that... builds her waxen cells."

2.

Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.

3.

Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. "Men have marble, women waxen, minds."

Waxen chatterer (Zool.), the Bohemian chatterer.

See images of 'Waxen'

Etymology of 'Waxen'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Waxen" Quotes from Famous Books

... but the plains were vast, toilsome and tedious the way, Developing soon the fever germs that within her latent lay, And daily the velvet azure eyes with a brighter lustre burned, And the hectic flush of the waxen cheek to a deeper ...

— The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon (Mrs. R.E. Mullins) • Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

... interested a child, and so kept her freshness and a certain national shrewd simplicity invincible. There is a story told of her girlhood that, one day playing in the Tuileries gardens, she was approached by a gentleman with a waxed mustache and a still more waxen cheek beneath his heavy-lidded eyes. There was an exchange ...

— Tales of Trail and Town • Bret Harte

... the enraged governor, drawing his sword; "I am no waxen-hearted Hambledon, to be cajoled by your beauty. Declare where Wallace is concealed, ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... had the other side of the question brought forcibly to my mind. In an obscure corner was a coarse wooden shrine, painted red, in which was a doll dressed up in spangles and tinsel, to represent the Virgin, and hung round with little waxen effigies of arms, hands, feet, and legs, to represent, I suppose, some favor which had been accorded to these members of her several votaries through her intercessions. Before this shrine several poor people were kneeling, with clasped hands and bowed heads, praying with an earnestness which ...

— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... I saw that in the curious shuffling of cards he had been chosen as the dinner escort of a tall and stately Russian beauty. I watched them walk across the waxen floor and heard him say to her, "Sure if I had time I would telegraph for me roller skates to guide ye safely over the slickness of the boards." Her answering laugh, sweet and friendly, ...

— The Lady and Sada San - A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little

Copyright © 2025 Diccionario ingles.com