Earwaxy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of earwax. informal

    "The fact that he was willing to stand there looking at the back of her neck, the place where her pearls were linked together with a silver clasp, the pulsing earwaxy sense of her eardrums against his fingertips, all of these ought to count for something."

  2. 2
    Covered with earwax. informal

    "She goes through the rubbish in the bathroom looking for used "Q-tips" and then proceeds to eat the cotton and earwaxy bits."

Example

More examples

"The fact that he was willing to stand there looking at the back of her neck, the place where her pearls were linked together with a silver clasp, the pulsing earwaxy sense of her eardrums against his fingertips, all of these ought to count for something."

Etymology

From earwax + -y.

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