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waxen adjective [ ˈwaks(ə)n ]

• having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax.
• "a canopy of waxen, creamy blooms"
Similar: pallid, pale, pasty, wan, ashen, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, ashy, chalky, chalk white, white, grey, whitish, waxy, blanched, drained, ghastly, sickly, sallow, as white as a sheet/ghost, deathly pale, milky, creamy, cream, ivory, milk white, alabaster,
Opposite: ruddy,
• made of wax.
• "a waxen effigy"


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