单词 | wax-like |
释义 | > as lemmaswax-like wax-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic malleablec1395 pliablec1475 submissivea1593 waxen1594 cereous1601 mouldable1626 shapeable1647 soluble1650 fictile1676 wax-like1748 plastic1791 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale blackeOE blokec1200 blakec1275 fadec1290 bleykea1300 palisha1398 wanned1494 ashy?1541 wearish-coloured1548 wanny1555 wheyish1560 bleak1566 paly1568 ghastly1574 blankish1580 sick1599 palled1601 ashied1613 lurid1656 lunar1742 wax-like1748 ashen1808 unbrightened1827 waxy1835 peely-wally1895 waxen-hued1916 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. vi. 53 Her wax-like flesh..answers for the soundness of her health. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 4 We..need not be surprized at the fact, that a jealous priesthood should have ventured to represent the applicability of the Bible to all the wants and occasions of men as a wax-like pliability to all their fancies and prepossessions. 1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 474 If its chloride be mixed with a solution of bichloride of platinum it yields a wax-like mass. 1885 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 284 A lovely..plant with masses of waxlike lilac blossom. 1899 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. X. Descr. Pl. xvii The greater part of the hand is of wax-like pallor. < as lemmas |
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