waxen 1
/wak"seuhn/ , adj.
1. made of or covered, polished, or treated with wax.
2. resembling or suggesting wax: Illness gave his face a waxen appearance.
3. weak, manageable, or impressionable: The minds of young children are waxen.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE weaxen; see WAX 1 , -EN 2 ]
waxen 2
/wak"seuhn/ , v. Literary.
a pp. of wax 2 .