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waxy (adj.)

early 15c., "made of wax," from wax (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use from 1590s. Meaning "like wax" is from 1799. Related: Waxiness.

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Definitions of waxy from WordNet

waxy (adj.)
made of or covered with wax;
careful, the floor is waxy
Synonyms: waxen
waxy (adj.)
easily impressed or influenced;
a waxy mind
waxy (adj.)
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
Synonyms: bendable / pliable / pliant
waxy (adj.)
having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker;
a thin face with a waxy paleness
Synonyms: waxen / waxlike
From wordnet.princeton.edu