waxen
/ˈwæksən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to wax.
adj
Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible.
adj
Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare."
- "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."
- "a waxen tablet"
- "She is fair; and so is Julia that I love— That I did love, for now my love is thaw’d; Which, like a waxen image, ’gainst a fire, Bears no impression of the thing it was."
- "[T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, […] a waxen honey-comb / Dripping with oozy gold which scarce the bee / Had ceased from building, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).
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Inflected Forms
more waxen (comparative)
most waxen (superlative)