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waxy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • wăkʹsē
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwæksi/

Etymology

From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
    • 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. 2023 June 9, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023:
  2. (of potatoes) Low in starch; tending to remain firm when cooked.
    • As we all know, there are great differences among potatoes; some are waxy, others floury; and these, again, vary according to the manner and degree of cooking. 1898, William Mattieu Williams, The Chemistry of Cookery, page 189:

Forms

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more waxy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
waxiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
most waxy Degree=Sup lexicographic
waxier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

floury

Deriveds

waxy monkey leaf frog · waxy potato · waxy cap · waxy finger · waxy degeneration · waxiness · waxy disease · waxy liver · waxy flexibility · waxy rice · waxycap · waxy kidney · waxy screw shell · waxy spleen · waxily · waxy corn · waxy cast · waxy maize

Relateds

earwaxy

Synonyms

ceraceous

Translations (26)

pl wodnisty (Of a potato, low in starch) · it cereo (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · de wachsartig (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · es ceroso (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · sv vaxartad (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · pl woskowy (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · mi āhua wākihi (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · bg восъчен (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · de Wachs- (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · mi kōnononono (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · pt céreo (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · pt ceroso (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · cy cwyr (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · fi vahamainen (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · de wächsern (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · cs voskový (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · cs voskovitý (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · de festkochend (Of a potato, low in starch) · fr cireux (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · cs jako z vosku (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · hu viaszszerű (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · sv fast (Of a potato, low in starch) · ca cerós (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · la cerosus (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · gd cèireach (Resembling wax in texture or appearance) · pl woskowaty (Resembling wax in texture or appearance)

waxy en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • wăkʹsē
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwæksi/

Etymology

From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A cobbler (shoe repairer).

Forms

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waxie alternative lexicographic
waxies Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

lad of wax

waxy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • wăkʹsē
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwæksi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wahsą Proto-West Germanic *wahs Old English weax Middle English wax English wax Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English waxy From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, regional) Angry.
    • 'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said; 1906, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet:
    • 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. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:

Forms

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more waxy Degree=Cmp lexicographic