waxen

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈwæksən/

Etymology: From Middle English waxen (“made of wax”), from Old English weaxen (“waxen, made of wax”), equivalent to wax + -en (“made of”).

Made of or covered with wax.
“a waxen tablet”
“She is fair; and so is Julia that I love— That I did love, for now my love is thaw’d; Which, like a waxen image, ’gainst a fire, Bears no impression of the thing it was.”
Of or pertaining to wax.
Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
“It was hard to imagine that the broken thing had once been new; that those withered, waxen cheeks had been fresh and tinted. That her eyes had long ago glinted with laughter.”
Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible.
“The traveller hears me now and then, ⁠And sometimes harshly will he speak: ⁠‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’”
Easily effaced, as if written in wax.

Etymology: Equivalent to wax + -en (plural simple present ending).

plural simple present of wax
“And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte.”
“When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare.”