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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WAXY, a. Soft like wax; resembling wax; viscid; adhesive.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn: impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant: unimpressionable]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy]
4: 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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (waxier; -est) Date: 1552 1. made of, abounding in, or covered with wax ; waxen <a waxy surface> <waxy berries> 2. resembling wax: as a. readily shaped or molded b. marked by smooth or lustrous whiteness <a waxy complexion> • waxiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. (waxier, waxiest) resembling wax in consistency or in its surface. Derivatives: waxily adv. waxiness n. Etymology: WAX(1) + -Y(1) 2. adj. (waxier, waxiest) Brit. sl. angry, quick-tempered. Etymology: WAX(3) + -Y(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Waxy Wax"y, a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. ``Waxy to persuasion.'' --Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is waxy looks or feels like wax. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad. ...the waxy coating on the insect's body. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Viscid, adhesive, tenacious. 2. Yielding, pliable.