Definitions
having the paleness of wax
Word origin
From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).
Used in a sentence
“When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare.”
“and then the whole Quire hould their hippes, and loffe, and waxen in their myrth, and neeze, and ſweare a merrier hower was neuer waſted there.”
“a waxen tablet”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pale and smooth”5 letters
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