wax wode

verb

To become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.

OriginMiddle English waxen wode →
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Meanings

verbwax wode (third-person singular simple present waxes wode, present participle waxing wode, simple past waxed wode or (archaic) wex wode, past participle waxed wode or (archaic) wex wode or (dialectal, archaic) waxen wode)

present singular third person waxes wode · participle present waxing wode · past waxed wode · archaic past wex wode · participle past waxed wode · archaic participle past wex wode · archaic dialectal participle past waxen wode

  1. archaicTo become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.

    My hair stode up, I waxed wode, my synewes all did shake / And, as the fury had me vext, my teeth began to quake

    1806, James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain
  2. obsoleteTo be alienated from somebody; be overcome with repugnance for.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwaxen wode
  2. Englishwax wode

From Middle English waxen wode.

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