waxy
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈwæksi/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wahsą Proto-West Germanic *wahs Old English weax Middle English wax English wax Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English waxy From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.
- Angry.
“'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said;”
“A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
- A cobbler (shoe repairer).