Etymology

paxwax

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Today it means: A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament. Full definition →

Middle English paxwax
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompaxwax
  2. English todaypaxwax

From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.

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