waxen
Meaning
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Grown.
Synonyms
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).
New
wax
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- Beeswax.
- Earwax.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- (informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- (slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
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