Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling wax.

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  • adjective having the paleness of wax

Etymologies

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wax +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Sure there's room for MORE crazy talk, always is, but in terms of legislative rigor mortis, the GOP's waxlike form has been shimmering in its glass coffin since 2008, and is even included on many D.C. tours now.

    Circling back to gay rights Tom Toles 2010

  • In a worst-case scenario, the crude itself can solidify into a waxlike sludge and render an entire pipeline unusable.

    An Urgency to Restart Alaskan Pipeline Dan Strumpf 2011

  • Adipocere is a waxlike substance formed by the hydrolysis of fat during decomposition.

    Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010

  • By the end of the journey, the body "looked like a ghastly, pale, waxlike effigy."

    The Long Goodbye 2010

  • A smallish clearing opened before him, and he immediately saw the body lying on the ground, looking waxlike and unreal in the moonlight.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • Her skin was a waxlike pallor yet she was still beautiful.

    Richard Paul Evans Ebook Christmas Set Richard Paul Evans 2009

  • Norowobisee wrote on January 5, 2008 7: 33 AM: about it waxlike

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Right-Wing Bloggers Launch Campaign -- With MoveOn! -- Against Fox News Over Debate Footage 2009

  • A smallish clearing opened before him, and he immediately saw the body lying on the ground, looking waxlike and unreal in the moonlight.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • A smallish clearing opened before him, and he immediately saw the body lying on the ground, looking waxlike and unreal in the moonlight.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • A smallish clearing opened before him, and he immediately saw the body lying on the ground, looking waxlike and unreal in the moonlight.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

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