waxy
See also: waxie
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wăkʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈwæksi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æksi
Etymology 1
From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
Adjective
waxy (comparative waxier or more waxy, superlative waxiest or most waxy)
- Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
- Synonym: ceraceous
- 2023 September 6, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate[1], archived from the original on 6 September 2023:
- There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.
Derived terms
- waxily
- waxiness
- waxy cap, waxycap
- waxy cast
- waxy corn
- waxy degeneration
- waxy disease
- waxy finger
- waxy flexibility
- waxy kidney
- waxy liver
- waxy maize
- waxy monkey leaf frog
- waxy potato
- waxy screw shell
- waxy spleen
Related terms
Translations
Resembling wax in texture or appearance
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Noun
waxy (plural waxies)
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A cobbler (shoe repairer).
- Synonym: lad of wax
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.
Adjective
waxy (comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy)
- (regional, colloquial) Angry.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:
- A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.