Associations to the word «Waxen»

Wiktionary

WAXEN, adjective. (UK) (dialectal) Grown.
WAXEN, verb. Alternative past participle of wax.
WAXEN, adjective. Made of wax; covered with wax.
WAXEN, adjective. Of or pertaining to wax.
WAXEN, adjective. Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
WAXEN, adjective. (rare) Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
WAXEN CHATTERER, noun. Bohemian chatterer
WAXEN CHATTERERS, noun. Plural of waxen chatterer

Dictionary definition

WAXEN, adjective. Made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy".
WAXEN, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats