Madame Tussauds is full of waxen images.
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Waxen
//ˈwæksən//
Synonyms for "waxen" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- восъчен adj (of or pertaining to wax)
Catalan
2 entries- cerós adj (of or pertaining to wax)
- cerós adj (having characteristics of wax)
Ingrian
2 entries- vahain adj (of or pertaining to wax)
- vahain adj (having characteristics of wax)
Latin
1 entries- cēreus adj (of or pertaining to wax)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cèireach adj (of or pertaining to wax)
- cèireach adj (having characteristics of wax)
Welsh
2 entries- cwyraidd adj (of or pertaining to wax)
- cwyraidd adj (having characteristics of wax)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte.
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When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare.
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and then the whole Quire hould their hippes, and loffe, and waxen in their myrth, and neeze, and ſweare a merrier hower was neuer waſted there.
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