waxish

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adjective

Similar to wax.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivewaxish (comparative more waxish, superlative most waxish)

comparative more waxish · superlative most waxish

  1. Similar to wax.

    The Aunts just stand and tip waxish cups of punch to their faces.

    1986, Gargoyle, page 5
    2 more examples

    A hand floated beside the corpse, waxish white, looking more like a claw than ever.

    2016, Sigrid Weidenweber, From Gulag to Freedom, →ISBN

    Ernest Cramer, the mayoral contender, was a chunky man with a waxish grin and heavy jowls.

    2018, Matt Braun, Shadow Killers and Deathwalk: Two Classic Westerns, →ISBN

Origin

From wax + -ish.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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