Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waxes poetic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
wax-es po-et-ic
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does waxes poetic mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of wax poetic

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