waxy
See also: waxie
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
Adjective edit
waxy (comparative waxier or more waxy, superlative waxiest or most waxy)
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Translations edit
Resembling wax in texture or appearance
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Noun edit
waxy (plural waxies)
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A cobbler (shoe repairer).
- Synonym: lad of wax
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Etymology 2 edit
From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.
Adjective edit
waxy (comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy)
- (regional, colloquial) Angry.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:
- 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.