Thesaurus: waxy

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1. a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
2. adj. made of or covered with wax
3. adj. easily impressed or influenced
4. adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
5. adj. having the paleness of wax
6. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy to persuasion." Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. -- Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.
7. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive;soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy to persuasion."Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See underAmyloid.-- Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affectedby waxy degeneration.
8. j:100 a made of or covered with wax a easily impressed or influenced s capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking s having the paleness of wax