waxy

2 definitions found

waxy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
     Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
     adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
     to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
        Amyloid.
  
     Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
        affected by waxy degeneration.
        [1913 Webster]

waxy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  waxy
      adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
             the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
      2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
         youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
         impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant:
         unimpressionable]
      3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
         "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
         pliable, pliant, waxy]
      4: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
         awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
         waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
         paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]