unwax

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verb

To remove wax from.

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Meanings

verbunwax (third-person singular simple present unwaxes, present participle unwaxing, simple past and past participle unwaxed)

present singular third person unwaxes · participle present unwaxing · participle past unwaxed · past unwaxed

  1. transitiveTo remove wax from.

    On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears.

    2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid

Origin

From un- + wax.

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APA

unwax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwax

MLA

“unwax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwax. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwax.

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