Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A waxy appearance or character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality or state of being waxy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
waxy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax
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Examples
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They go a bit limp and the grease coagulates just enough to coat your tongue with that carnauba waxiness.
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We felt the tangyness of the lime juice in the icing is really needed to cut through the fat waxiness of the macadamias in the cake.
Archive 2005-09-01 Niki 2005
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We felt the tangyness of the lime juice in the icing is really needed to cut through the fat waxiness of the macadamias in the cake.
Coconut & Lime Macadamia Cake Niki 2005
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Mature leaves, which have had time to develop physical attributes such as toughness and waxiness, require only the protection conferred by the imino acids
Chapter 7 1994
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At last, the waxiness of the face was gone and the milky eyes stared forward, corrupted but defiant.
Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981
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She wore flowery prints, very summer-like dresses — even when it wasn't summer — and she had a funny kind of over-powdered sense about her (as if, if you touched her, a small puff of powder would blast through her pores); at other times, her skin had a waxiness about it (as if, if you touched her, your finger might leave a dent).
The Hotel New Hampshire Irving, John, 1942- 1981
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Not an all-over waxiness though, there was no blood on my face now but the pine needles had left their mark, I looked like someone with galloping impetigo.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
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The look of waxiness had been increasing, all night long; the breathing was becoming fitful; the tiny figure seemed relaxed in every weakening limb.
The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray 1905
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He was growing whiter, too, with the uncanny waxiness of a surface lighted from within.
The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray 1905
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He was a fair-faced youth of about twenty years, with pale reddish-brown eyes, dark hair reddish at the roots, and a singular white and pink waxiness of oval cheek, which, however, narrowed suddenly at the angle of the jaw, and fell away with the retreating chin.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869
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