Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waxing poetic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
wax-ing po-et-ic
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wax poetic

Questions

What does waxing poetic mean?
present participle and gerund of wax poetic

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