WAXEN
What does "WAXEN" mean?
Resembling wax in being pale, smooth, or lifeless; or made of wax.
Meanings
- Having a pale, smooth, lifeless quality like that of wax. His waxen face frightened the visitors at the hospital. literary
- Made of or covered with wax. The museum's waxen figures looked unnervingly real.
Word origin
From Old English 'weaxen' (made of wax), from 'weax' (wax) plus the old material suffix '-en', the same pattern as 'wooden' and 'golden'.
Remember it
WAXEN is WAX plus -EN, the same 'made of' ending as wood-EN and gold-EN; so waxen literally means 'made of wax'.
A little poem
The candle keeps a waxen, patient face,
and gives its whole pale body to the blaze.
couplet
Wordplay
- The wax museum hired a new greeter. Reviews say he's a little stiff, but the customers can't tell he's waxen until he doesn't blink.
What it teaches
Waxen things hold any shape you press into them - and remember none of it once the heat returns.
Quick facts
What does WAXEN mean?
Resembling wax in being pale, smooth, or lifeless; or made of wax.
Is WAXEN a valid word?
Yes — WAXEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WAXEN?
WAXEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WAXEN come from?
From Old English 'weaxen' (made of wax), from 'weax' (wax) plus the old material suffix '-en', the same pattern as 'wooden' and 'golden'.
What can WAXEN teach us?
Waxen things hold any shape you press into them - and remember none of it once the heat returns.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.