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paxwax

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paxwax
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.

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Inflected Forms

packwax (alternative)

Questions

What does paxwax mean?
A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.
Where does paxwax come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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