"waxen" in the adjective sense

1. waxen, waxy

made of or covered with wax

"waxen candles"

"careful, the floor is waxy"

2. waxen, waxlike, waxy

having the paleness of wax

"the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker

"the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"

"a thin face with a waxy paleness"

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