waxy

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}]
    

Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
   Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
   adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
   to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
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   {Waxy degeneration} (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
      {Amyloid}.

   {Waxy kidney}, {Waxy liver}, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
      affected by waxy degeneration.
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