Half-waxen
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 half-grown; partially completed; incomplete not-comparable
"That ghastly broken doll — half-waxen, half-human — stumbled its way in and out of Joan's dreams. . . . […]"
Example
More examples"That ghastly broken doll — half-waxen, half-human — stumbled its way in and out of Joan's dreams. . . . […]"
Etymology
From Middle English half-waxen, equivalent to half- + waxen (“grown”).
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