Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Waxen; like wax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Waxen; like wax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
waxen ; likewax
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is a serious (cereous) matter, and a wicked work brought to light.
The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Various
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Every night the room in which I sit is lighted up like a town after a great naval victory, and in this cereous galaxy, and with a blazing fire, it is scarcely possible to be low-spirited; a thousand pleasing images spring up in the mind, and I can see the little blue demons scampering off like parish boys pursued by the beadle.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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Full of excitement and pleasure, she proceeded with the work until the whole cereous coating was removed.
Xerxes Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841
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