Where does half-waxen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

half-waxen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

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"That ghastly broken doll — half-waxen, half-human — stumbled its way in and out of Joan's dreams. . . . […]"
"Beyond the marina, lights danced on the dark water—buoys, boats, a half-waxen moon."

From Middle English half-waxen, equivalent to half- + waxen (“grown”).

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