Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Resembling wax, especially:
- adj. Pale.
- adj. Smooth and lustrous.
- adj. Pliable or impressionable.
- adj. Consisting of, abounding in, or covered with wax.
- adj. Pathology Containing amyloid deposits, as an organ.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling wax or putty in appearance, softness, plasticity, adhesiveness, or other properties; waxen; hence, pliable; yielding; impressionable.
- Specifically Noting certain complexions. Pallid or blanched; of a translucent pallor, as in bloodlessness.
- Made of wax; abounding in wax; waxed: as, a waxy dressing for leather
- A change of parts of the muscular fibers into a peculiar hyaline substance, which differs from lardacein; it occurs in certain cases of typhoid fever, meningitis, and other acute febrile disorders.
- Angry; wrathy; irate.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- adj. made of or covered with wax
- adj. easily impressed or influenced
- adj. having the paleness of wax
Etymologies
- From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“• Sticky rice, also called waxy, glutinous, or sweet rice, is a short-grain type whose starch is practically all amylopectin.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“You are aware that there is a substance, called waxy matter, which is deposited in the tissues of the body during the course of certain diseases.”
“(AP) -- Kellogg Co. is voluntarily recalling about 28 million boxes of Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals, saying a "waxy" smell and flavor coming from the package liners could make people sick, the company said Friday.”
The Huffington Post: Kellogg Recall 2010: 28 Million Boxes Of Cereal Pulled For Off Odor (DETAILS)
“For example, some plants in this ecoregion have anatomical or physiological modifications such as waxy surfaces on their leaves to reflect heat, hairs to protect against radiation, or tightly furled rosettes of leaves which secrete chemicals making them more resistant to fire.”
“As a general thing, when the cows were fed upon cotton-seed the butter was white and "waxy," this was yellow and firm.”
Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War
“He is entertained by an eminent Dutch jurist in Amsterdam -- and upon the pages of the chronicle it appears that the gentleman is "waxy" and "a little pedantic," and that he is probably the sort of "thin, delicate, well barbered" professor that Ibsen had in mind when he cast about for a husband for the daughter of General Gabler.”
“A: A self-regulated fatty substance (19) (also called a waxy alcohol (7) or waxy substance (34), or fatty alcohol (45), primarily made by the liver”
“Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals, saying a "waxy" smell and flavor coming from the package liners could make people sick, the company said Friday.”
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“Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals because a "waxy" smell and flavor coming from the package liners could make people sick, the company said Friday.”
“Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals because a "waxy" smell and flavor coming from the package liners could make people sick, the company said Friday.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘waxy’.
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Weftage
The many textures of touch.
smooth, warty, velvety, sleek, grainy, shaggy, abrasive, scratchy, bumpy, corded, ribbed, roughish and 95 more...
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The Whole Ball of Wax
Feel free to wax poetic.
the whole ball of..., wax poetic, wax, beeswax, ambergris, cedar waxwing, sealing wax, earwax, paraffin, bougie, epicuticular wax, waxing gibbous moon and 192 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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bearfax december 2006
opulent, spot, kaffee, sift, cedar, pushy, buckwheat, zydeco, chemeketa, hood, blood, food and 107 more...
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Creative Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they mean, but they're not *technically* onomatopoetic.
(another edit: this list is morphing into something I can't quite describe. But I still like it.)ugly, icon, hang, weenie, bell, zit, ennui, sour, speed, rankle, muddle, disgruntle and 129 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, W
washboard, winterbourne, winze, wirble, waterway, windrow, winceyette, waft, whiffletree, wheelbarrow, whicker, wacky and 170 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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