Definitions of waxen
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made of or covered with wax“waxen candles”
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synonyms:
waxy
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having the paleness of wax“"the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker”
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colorless, colourless
weak in color; not colorful
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colorless, colourless
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