waxen
Definitions of waxen
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made of or covered with wax“waxen candles”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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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -en
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "made of."