waxy

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Pronunciation

• enPR: wăkʹsē, IPA: /ˈwæksi/

Adjective

waxy (comparative waxier, superlative waxiest)

1. Resembling wax in texture or appearance.

Translations

• French: cireux
• German: wächsern, wachsartig, Wachs
• Italian: cereo
• Portuguese: céreo, ceroso
• Spanish: ceroso

Adjective

waxy

1. (regional, colloquial) Angry.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 12

     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.

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