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Dictionary: wax·en   (wăk'sən) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Made of or covered with wax.
  2. Pale or smooth as wax: waxen skin.
  3. Weak, pliable, or impressionable: waxen minds.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: made of or covered with wax
  Synonym: waxy
  Pertains to noun: wax (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having the paleness of wax
  Synonyms: waxlike, waxy


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - voksblød, voksagtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
wassen

Français (French)
adj. - cireux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wächsern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κέρινος, κερένιος

Italiano (Italian)
cereo, di cera

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de cera

Русский (Russian)
покрытый воском, сделанный из воска, податливый, бледный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - céreo, ceroso, encerado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vax-, vaxliknande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
蜡的, 似蜡的, 蜡制的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 蠟的, 似蠟的, 蠟製的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 납빛의, 창백한, 초로 만든

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 蝋製の, 蝋を塗った, 蝋のような, 柔軟な, ろう製の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شمعي, مصنوع من شمع, لامع ملس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שעוותי, דונגי, חיוור‬


 
 
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