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WAXY (waxier, waxiest)
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, waxiest Dictionary entry overview: What does waxy mean?
• WAXY (adjective)
The adjective WAXY has 4 senses:
1. made of or covered with wax
2. easily impressed or influenced
3. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
4. having the paleness of wax
Familiarity information: WAXY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: waxiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of or covered with wax
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
waxen; waxy
Context example:
careful, the floor is waxy
Pertainym:
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
Derivation:
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
waxiness (the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Easily impressed or influenced
Synonyms:
impressible; impressionable; waxy
Context example:
a waxy mind
Similar:
easy (readily exploited or tricked)
spinnable (capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information)
plastic; pliant (capable of being influenced or formed)
susceptible (easily impressed emotionally)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Synonyms:
bendable; pliable; pliant; waxy
Context example:
a pliant young tree
Similar:
flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having the paleness of wax
Synonyms:
Context example:
a thin face with a waxy paleness
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Context examples
A waxy, fat-like substance made in the liver, and found in the blood and in all cells of the body.
(Cholesterol, NCI Dictionary)
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that occurs naturally in all parts of the body.
(Cholesterol, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A condition characterized by a dry, waxy type of swelling with abnormal deposits of mucin in the skin and other tissues.
(Myxedema, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A waxy solid, usually colored cosmetic, in stick form for the lips.
(Lipstick Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
PEG can be a liquid or a waxy solid.
(PEG, NCI Dictionary)
The determination of the amount of urinary broad (waxy) casts present in a sample.
(Broad Casts Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The Intramural contents are soft and waxy with a variable amount of cholesterol.
(Central Nervous System Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
A solid or semi-solid with a waxy consistency in the shape of a stick and intended for use on the lips.
(Lipstick Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs of frostbite include: • A white or grayish-yellow skin area • Skin that feels unusually firm or waxy • Numbness
(Frostbite, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a naturally occurring lipid—a waxy, fatty acid—used by a disease-causing bacterium to impair the host immune response and increase the chance of infection.
(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)
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