Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waxy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
waxy
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the
floor is waxy" [syn: {waxen}]
2: resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin";
"the ceraceous surface of the leaves" [syn: {waxlike}, {ceraceous}]
3: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: {waxen}, {waxlike}]
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