Meaning

adjective made of or covered with wax

adjective easily impressed or influenced

adjective capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *wahsą Proto-West Germanic *wahs Old English weax Middle English wax English wax Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English waxy From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.

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